SAG-AFTRA picketers slam trimmed trees outside Universal Studios | USA TODAY



Trimmed 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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12 comments

  1. that's how far you prune weeping fig trees. They grow fast so you need to cut them back far. You can see past years growths. You cut them back to small branches with a few leaves, and the tree will come back. Don't worry. the trees will be fine.

  2. How much do you want to bet that Universal Studios made one of their janitor’s trim the trees so they didn’t have to file a work order?

  3. Wow!!!! Awful. Solidarity!

  4. 1000% intentional by Universal Studios, everyone knows street trees are owned by the city and they only have right to trim with permission, plus they trimmed completely incorrectly not following ANSI standards.

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  6. 🌳🌳🌳Can't stop progress. AI generates scripts in 10 minutes while CGI fills in the talent. c’est la vie.🌴🌴🌴

  7. Let Hollyweird burn to the ground, Americans and the world will be better off. Let independent studios/creators rise. The Biden economy you all voted for won't help your cause either. All people are suffering, why are writers and actors so "essential"?

  8. Both sides are playing hardball as hard as they can. It is going to be tough going on both sides. But I do believe the producers know how to play hard ball better than the strikers do.

  9. THESE FOOLS WITH THEY UNGODLY FILTH DISRESPECTING THE HOLY!!!! GOD AND WHAT GOOD DID THEY THINK WOULD COME OUTTA THIS, YALL FOOLS DUN LET TD JAKES SNAKES/ HOLLYWEIRD AN YALL DADDY SATAN TRICKED!!! YOU FOOLS INTO THINKING YOU AN YO GOD IS MORE POWERFUL!!! THAN THE ALLLLLLLMIGHTY!!! GOD BUT HE WARNED!!! YOU ABOUT YO UNGODLY FILTH, HOMOSEXUALS/ TRANSGENDER/ SICK ASS MEN CROSS DRESSING/ LITTLE KIDS MINDS ARE BEING POISON I WONDER 🤔 WHY THAT GOD YALL SERVING AIN'T CAME TO YA RESCUE AN WHAT'S SO SAD!!! SOME OF YOU FOOLS HAVE TRIED TO GO BACK TO THE HOLY!!! GOD AN REPENT AND HE SAID NAH KEEP IT, I DON'T WANT IT GET OUTTA MY FACE DEPART FROM ME I DON'T KNOW YOU, SOME OF YALL FOOLS GOT HOMOSEXUALS/ TRANSGENDERS/ SICK CROSS DRESSING MEN ON YA TV SHOWS/ TALK SHOWS/ DAY AN NIGHT AN NAH LOOK AT CHA GOTTA STRIKE AN HOW'S THAT WORKING OUT FA YA I'M JUST SAYING

  10. Lame story 😴 Meanwhile: California Illinois and New York ranked worst state to live in the US!

  11. Were they triggered by ficus trees? 🤌🤦‍♂️

  12. This is how petty they are