SAG-AFTRA picketers slam trimmed trees outside Universal Studios | USA TODAY
July 20, 2023
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as posted by the channelTrimmed ficus trees outside Universal Studios in California have fueled tensions between Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters and actors.
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Some members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Writers Guild of America unions — along with sympathetic local politicians — think the studio purposely pruned the trees in an effort to remove a source of shade for workers picketing under the hot Southern California sun. They gathered regardless on Wednesday, with one woman wearing a green wreath on her head and holding a sign depicting a full, untrimmed tree under the words "Never Forget."
"Universal, get your ducks in order. We don't want to see any more shady nonsense because the people are watching," said Konstantine Anthony, a SAG-AFTRA member and the Democratic mayor of nearby Burbank.
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