"THE JIG IS UP!" button from 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike
date: label: date made
content: 2023
name: label: Associated Name
content: Drescher, Fran
label: Associated Name
content: Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
label: maker
content: Wines, Shawn
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pinback button made for and used by participants in picket line demonstrations during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike of 2023. The button features a printed photograph of SAG-AFTRA national president Fran Drescher with the phrase "THE JIG IS UP!" printed in yellow above and "SAG-AFTRA ON STRIKE" printed below, all on a black field. The button was made by WGA member Shawn Wines to distribute to strike participants.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In the Spring and Summer of 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) went on strike after collective bargaining negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) broke down over issues including residual pay, use of artificial intelligence, and working conditions. The historic strike was the first instance of actors joining writers in striking since 1960, and brought the American entertainment industry to a near standstill of new production.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Shawn Wines is a Los Angeles-based writer, director, and filmmaker who served as a strike captain in the Writers Guild of America West. A graduate of Columbia University’s film program, Wines has worked on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, As the World Turns, Rush Hour 3, Get Smart, and many other film and television productions. During the strike, Wines took part in numerous picket lines and other demonstrations, creating picket signs and pin-back buttons for union members from both WGA and SAG-AFTRA to use in strike actions. The button represents the solidarity felt and expressed by union members and the reverence for Fran Drescher as a hard-bargaining strike leader.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
label: Associated Place
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: Subject
content: Labor
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0124.01
label: accession number
content: 2023.0124
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0124.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 6.0325 cm