reporter: people have gathered here to mourn the passing of halyna hutchins, just 42 years old when she tragically lost her life. this vigil was organized by the union that represents film and television workers. a lot of folks here are in the industry, they ve worked on sets. there was a lot of grief here, but also outrage and questions about how this senseless killing could have taken place. we spoke to one woman who is a location manager. she wasn t on location of the rust film but she said she knew everyone in the room there, and she was really affected by what took place. take as listen. i just hope all this talking does something. i hope my talking with you gets amplified and we get the changes that we need for a safe set. i m sure you know we were about to strike this past monday for safer conditions, and if the world didn t believe us about what s going on, maybe they believe us now.
people should be able to go home after performing their job? yeah. a child should have a mother. reporter: a lot of emotion here and a lot of tragedy. this was a close-knit community of film and television workers. people knew one another. this one death is having rippling consequences throughout the community. there have been a lot of unanswered questions. we know that police continue to comb the property, the location of the set. we know that they have gathered film and electronic evidence and they ve been interviewing eyewitnesses. we understand from the affidavit that the weapon that was used by alec baldwin was one of three that was prepared by the head armorer, placed on a tray outside of the building where the shooting the filming was taking place. the assistant director picked up the prop gun, handing it to mr. baldwin, shouting cold gun, which means it didn t have any live rounds. we know that was not the case or
stake. reporter: tonight the countdown is on with thousands of behind-the-scenes film and television workers on the brink of an unprecedented strike preparations already under way. the union at odds with producers over demands for more reasonable hours, meal and rest breaks, along with better benefits and wages. if a deal is not struck by late sunday night - it would shut down production throughout the united states. that s a big deal. agreed. wakanda forever reporter: the film black panther 2 and tv shows like jimmy kimmel live and la brea among the many productions that could come to a grinding halt which may mean delays or reruns. that s because union members range from camera operators to set designers and hair/makeup artists. 60,000 workers that could serve a second blow to an industry already hit hard during the pandemic tens of hundreds of millions
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hollywood production crews, and health care workers all have in common? this isn t the start of a joke. the answer is they re all striking or on the verge of striking. workers across the nation and across a multiplicity of industries are refusing to return to jobs with shamelessly low pay and utterly unacceptable treatment. 100,000 employees between the three sectors are striking or preparing to do so in the coming days. film and television workers are ready to walk off the set monday morning if they re not offered an adequate union contract before then. 60,000 strong. that alone would be the largest strike to hit the private sector in 15 years. the largest strike in that industry since world war ii. you know what they re asking for? down time between 14-hour shifts. the workers in the film and tv industry are not the only ones wanting to take back control of their work lives. u.s. workers are saying i quit at the highest rate on record, with some 4 million workers giving their two-w