Cynthia Nixon, Wanda Sykes, and many more take to 30 Rock and speak amid writers’ strike

“The reason I’m here is because I was one of four writers who That’s right. Four of us, only four of us, shut down because we were able to picket for eight hours straight. And because it was just four of us, the only reason we succeeded is because the teamsters and the IATSE crew members refused to cross our picket line the whole night. So I learned a very valuable lesson that night. The other unions are willing and ready to stand in solidarity with us. All we have to do is turn up and form a picket line…Now, before I go, before I go, I just wanted this opportunity to remind everyone here that it’s not just writers who are hurting in the strike. It’s not just writers right now. There are so many innocent victims in the industry who are also being adversely affected by the greed of the producers. … We understand their frustration. We also understand their deep anger towards us, but also tell them that this is the fastest way that we can get everyone back to work because the only language that producers understand is money. And so we have to communicate to them by shutting down as many productions as we can.”