SAG-AFTRA and the WGA have suspended picketing at multiple locations in Los Angeles on Monday and Tuesday as temperatures are expected to rise. Due to the extreme heat, the WGA has canceled picketi…
Picketing will resume on Wednesday and Thursday, before another long weekend as there will be no official guild presence on the picket lines either Friday or Monday for Labor Day.
It’s been a particularly brutal summer, and this isn’t the first time the guilds have suspended picketing due to weather. Last week, the picket lines were empty due to Hurricane Hilary’s landfall in Southern California. Over in New York, picketing schedules have also been impacted by heat, as well as air quality.
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