Not just writers and actors: crew workers struggle through Hollywood’s summer of strikes

For a quarter of a century, Andi Brittan has worked steadily as a set decorator on movies and TV shows, but as Hollywood began to slow down this year in anticipation for what has become known as the summer of labor strife, she hasn’t worked a single production job.

Based in Los Angeles' Mid City neighborhood, Brittan’s most recent big show was Prime Video’s Emmy-nominated “Daisy Jones & the Six” last year. To make ends meet, she has been taking on side gigs, like teaching set decorating to high schoolers. “It’s been a huge struggle,” she said. “At this moment, I’m not really making ends meet.”

Despite the personal financial hardship, Brittan, 52, refuses to cross a picket line. “I feel like this is a fight worth fighting for,” Brittan said. “It’s not just for the writers, it’s for all of us.”

Brittan is among the tens of thousands of film