Charles Andrew Gardner
Actor and filmmaker Charles Andrew Gardner, who is also the president of SAG-AFTRA's Chicago chapter, said his union came to support the writers on strike. 'If we can come out and support the WGA, we're supporting the future and the health of the Chicago film industry,' Gardner said. Esther Yoon-Ji Kang / WBEZ
Charles Andrew Gardner
Actor and filmmaker Charles Andrew Gardner, who is also the president of SAG-AFTRA's Chicago chapter, said his union came to support the writers on strike. 'If we can come out and support the WGA, we're supporting the future and the health of the Chicago film industry,' Gardner said. Esther Yoon-Ji Kang / WBEZ

That “Hollywood strike”? It’s having a big impact anywhere actors and writers live and work, and that includes Chicago.

Reset hears from Chicagoans involved in the strike about their working lives and why they’re demanding better pay and residuals and other benefits from streaming giants like Netflix and the big movie studios.

GUESTS: Eric Chaudron, executive director of SAG-AFTRA Chicago

Ilyssa Fradin, SAG-AFTRA member and National Board Representative for the Chicago Local

Martín Zimmerman, WGA West Captain, writer and producer

J. Nicole Brooks, playwright, actor

Charles Andrew Gardner
Actor and filmmaker Charles Andrew Gardner, who is also the president of SAG-AFTRA's Chicago chapter, said his union came to support the writers on strike. 'If we can come out and support the WGA, we're supporting the future and the health of the Chicago film industry,' Gardner said. Esther Yoon-Ji Kang / WBEZ
Charles Andrew Gardner
Actor and filmmaker Charles Andrew Gardner, who is also the president of SAG-AFTRA's Chicago chapter, said his union came to support the writers on strike. 'If we can come out and support the WGA, we're supporting the future and the health of the Chicago film industry,' Gardner said. Esther Yoon-Ji Kang / WBEZ

That “Hollywood strike”? It’s having a big impact anywhere actors and writers live and work, and that includes Chicago.

Reset hears from Chicagoans involved in the strike about their working lives and why they’re demanding better pay and residuals and other benefits from streaming giants like Netflix and the big movie studios.

GUESTS: Eric Chaudron, executive director of SAG-AFTRA Chicago

Ilyssa Fradin, SAG-AFTRA member and National Board Representative for the Chicago Local

Martín Zimmerman, WGA West Captain, writer and producer

J. Nicole Brooks, playwright, actor