Teamsters Boss Lindsay Dougherty On AMPTP Walking Away From Table: “They Should Be Embarrassed By Their Behavior”

This is day 97 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Teamsters Local 399 boss Lindsay Dougherty joined IATSE members on the picket line at Warner Bros. Wednesday to show support for SAG-AFTRA and to express her frustration over the AMPTP‘s recent decision to suspend negotiations.

“They should be absolutely embarrassed about their behavior and what they’ve done to the workforce, and really … they should be removed from their positions,” she told Deadline. “It’s ultimately so devastating to our members to see this and to have hope. And then to have that … just taken away from them, which is essentially what these companies are counting on. You can see the complete devastation and to see us eat our own, so to speak, [by going] after SAG-AFTRA and saying, ‘go back to the table.’ Well, SAG-AFTRA wants to be at the table. They’re the ones that were at the table when the CEOs are irresponsibly laughing and again.”

“They just did it because they have no heart in terms of what they feel and see for the workers that make up their success.”

With Day 100 of the strike looming, Dougherty had this to say for the actors: “Look, you can’t stop now. You got to keep fighting. You got to keep it together. You got to keep staying on the picket lines to show the studios that you’re serious. And look, these companies need to make money and they’re losing money on a daily basis. It’s not a good business plan to not produce content and they know it, and they’re just doing whatever they can to divide us and everyone just needs to hold on. It’s not SAG-AFTRA being unreasonable. It’s not them walking away from the table. It’s the studios and their last ditch effort to try and separate people, to try and squeeze SAG-AFTRA with whatever else they can because they know you know this is not going to go away. The companies just need to do right by the people that serve their success. There’s other companies out there that do this. And for whatever reason, Netflix, Amazon, Disney, they can’t figure it out.”

Lindsay Dougherty on how Teamsters are feeling about their own negotiations coming up after seeing AMPTP walk away from the table again last week and her message for SAG-AFTRA as Day 100 approaches #SAGAFTRAStrike pic.twitter.com/gKL3VQIuhD

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) October 18, 2023

Teamsters Local 399 out at Warner Bros. to support SAG-AFTRA #SAGAFTRAStrike

📸 Deadline/Katie Campione pic.twitter.com/sUZJXOhWIG

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On the scene at Warner Bros. today, where SAG-AFTRA is joined by IATSE and Teamsters on the picket line for a show of solidarity #SAGAFTRAStrike pic.twitter.com/08E0I0IsHq

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) October 18, 2023