Jimmy Kimmel didn’t shy away from talking about the strikes that shut down Hollywood during his Academy Awards monologue, and he used the opening to give the crew members working behind the scenes on Hollywood’s biggest night their time in the sun.
“We were able to make deals because of the people who rallied behind us,” Kimmel said, praising members of unions like IATSE, Teamsters 399 and the Basic Crafts who spent months out of work while the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA went on strike for a combined 191 days.
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