Latine Writers Front WGA East Rally Outside NBC Studios: “Enough – We Need A Path Forward”

Picketers outside NBC Studios in Manhattan on Wednesday With music thumping and marchers dancing, the mood was upbeat at the Latine Salon picket staged Wednesday by members of the Writers Guild of America outside NBC Studios in Manhattan. But the collective’s main speaker wanted to be clear on something. “This is a really, really tough time for all of us,” Kathleen Bedoya , co-creator of the former Hulu series East Los High , told about 60 striking film and television writers and their supporters as they marched at Rockefeller Center in the late morning and afternoon. Related Story White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Cancels ‘The View’ Appearance Due To WGA Strike LATINE SALON PICKET DAY @ #30ROCK Let’s Gooo��� #wga #wgastrong #latinesalon #latinx #writersstrike pic.twitter.com/nIR4V2dTbA In the ninth week of a strike that began on May 2, Bedoya led a picket that doubled as a protest over wages and working conditions and a plea for more diversity in an industry where writers and producers of color are making inroads but, Bedoya said, not enough. Bedoya is co-chair of the Latine Salon within the Writers Guild of America East, a membership or affinity group within the union that she helped to establish during the pandemic. (WATCH) Kathleen Bedoya, creator/producer of ‘East Los High’ & co-chair of the WGAE Latine Salon, speaking at today’s Latine Salon-day themed rally outside NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center #WritersStrike pic.twitter.com/DewQeKKIm1 East Los High , about a group of Latine teens in Los Angeles, ran for four seasons on Hulu from 2013-17. “It was something that I want all [Latine] writers to be able to have the opportunity to do,” Bedoya said of her experience producing the show, “and to get paid for it — and to get paid well for it.” She added: “We are tired of being second-class citizens in this country. We have so much talent out there. There are so many of us that want to write, that want to tell our stories. … We deserve to be telling them, and we deserve to be able to pay our mortgages and […]

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