LOS ANGELES — Chelly grinned as he watched a mob of fellow actors picketing outside Netflix Inc. studios on Sunset Boulevard, earning honks and cheers from passing cars. On the strike line one clear morning last week, they could see the end of the Hollywood sign peeking out from behind a building across the street, a reminder of the actors and writers who came before them.
Fifty-seven miles north in the high desert town of Palmdale, Calif., Jessie Moreno manned another picket line. This one had fewer people—about two dozen who had formed the first Amazon.com Inc. drivers’ union earlier this yearbut now found themselves out of a job.
The drivers picketed at several truck entrances outside the bright white and blue Amazon warehouse. The adjoining road was empty as the temperature neared 100 degrees, with winds gusting across the treeless landscape providing the smallest of reprieves. A lone UPS driver passed by and honked, hoisting his right fist in the air. The picketers cheered.
Chelly and Moreno have never met. They work different jobs in what seem like different worlds. And yet, they have much in common.
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