It was a tale of two coasts today, as WGA picketers and their allies targeted Disney’s upfront presentation in New York and also the company’s Burbank lot in Los Angeles.
And the two scenes were very different. This morning at the Disney upfront, pickets were being kept a solid two blocks away from the venue on 10th Ave.
Here’s the view looking south from the main entrance: By Tuesday afternoon, upfront guests in power suits and skirts shared the curb on with sign-waving demonstrators in union t-shirts outside the Javits Convention Center on Manhattan’s West Side.
Some invitees gave protesters a wide berth by walking in the street. But no one streaming into Disney’s presentation while NYPD officers and private security guards looked on could avoid at least a little contact with the strike.
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