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WGA Solidarity Protest Held Outside Boston University Graduation as Warner Bros. CEO Speaks

Protesters rallied in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America (WGA), who are currently on strike, outside Boston University’s graduation ceremony where Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav gave the commencement address on May 21.

Multiple unions and groups were represented, including: The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE); the Massachusetts & Rhode Island hotel, casino, airport, & food service workers union Local 26; the United Food and Commercial Workers of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine Local 1445; the graduate student workers of Boston University; the Massachusetts Teacher’s Association; Boston Teachers UnionLocal 66; SAG-AFTRA; and Democratic Socialist groups.

Videos filmed by @DSAWorkingMass show picketers marching along Commonwealth Avenue near Boston University’s Nickerson Field, where the commencement ceremony was held. The protesters held signs for various local unions, solidarity with WGA strikers, and anti-Zaslav slogans.

At the graduation event, students and members of the audience booed and chanted “Pay your writers” during Zaslav’s speech, reports said. Credit: @DSAWorkingMass via Storyful

Video transcript

- A human can be-- and work, like, minimum wage as like a [INAUDIBLE].

[ENGINE REVVING]

- What do we want?

- Contracts!

- When do we want it?

- Now!

- A human can be-- can work, like, minimum wage as like a [INAUDIBLE].

[ENGINE REVVING]

- What do we want?

- Contracts!

- When do we want it?

- Now!

- A human can be-- can work, like, minimum wage as like a [INAUDIBLE].

[ENGINE REVVING]

- What do we want?

- Contracts!

- When do we want it?

- Now!

- A human can be-- can work, like, minimum wage as like a [INAUDIBLE].

[ENGINE REVVING]

- What do we want?

- Contracts!

- When do we want it?

- Now!

- A human can be-- can work, like, minimum wage as like a [INAUDIBLE].

[ENGINE REVVING]

- What do we want?

- Contracts!

- When do we want it?

- Now!