CNN —Several hundred janitors marched to join writers on the picket line outside Sony Pictures and Amazon Studios Thursday, as some custodial staff have lost their jobs while productions are halted.
The union did not have an estimate for impacts on custodial workers in other major filming hubs like Georgia and New York.
“Several businesses anecdotally already started cutting staff,” Klowden said.
“Then does it become permanent?”Klowden noted the dry cleaners, caterers, “Star Wagons,” restaurants, and custodial staff.
The Motion Picture Association told CNN that in 2021, the film and TV industry supported 822,000 direct jobs, while supporting a total of 2.4 million jobs.
Persons:
Natalia Lopez, “, We’re, ” Lopez, it’s, ”, David Huerta, Rebekah Kohler, they’ve, aren’t, Stagehand Amanda Winter, “ Janitors, they’re, ” Winter, Kevin Klowden, Klowden, ” Klowden
Organizations:
CNN, Sony Pictures, Amazon Studios, SEIU United Service Workers, Paramount Studios, SAG, SEIU, Netflix, Warner Brothers Discovery, WGA, Milken Institute, Association
Locations:
Los Angeles, Georgia, New York, Culver City, Hollywood, California