Kenneth Quinnell

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, SAG-AFTRA New York Local Executive Director Rebecca Damon, and state and local labor leaders joined striking writers and performers on the picket line in front of Netflix’s New York office to demand a fair contract that delivers a fair share of the massive profits from streaming and other entertainment services to the writers and performers who are the lifeblood of the industry.

Workers at President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, D.C., have voted to form a union with the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). They are the first D.C. museum staff to unionize with UAW.

Alaska Airlines flight attendants, members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), are currently in contract negotiations with the airline. Negotiations have been ongoing since September and the flight attendants have started demonstrating at various airports.

Staff at the Children's Law Center in Brooklyn, New York, went on strike Monday, with more than 3,000 legal services workers demanding fair wages and improved working conditions.

Actors and writers are on strike, fighting for their future, and fans and supporters are wondering how they can help. Here are what members of SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are asking supporters to do.

Workers at American University Kitchen approved a new contract with their employer, food service provider Compass Group, according to UNITE HERE Local 23, the union representing the workers. The new contract is now in effect and guarantees all employees under Compass a $20 minimum wage, which are “bigger raises than they have received in the last 21 years combined.”