cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1078917

According to reports, producers expect writers will run out of money, possibly lose their homes and be forced to come to bargaining table. Producers denied these reports.

  • Arotrios
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    411 year ago

    Good. Labor movements are most successful when solidarity is in play. What I’d really like to see is the directors join them - that segment of the industry has considerably more clout than the talent. Cherry on top would be producers joining in, but I don’t see that happening unless they also have exposure as celebrities (lookin’ at you, Affleck… the strike already shut down Unstoppable, so you might as well jump onto the picket line and show your support - would get you good press).

    • nymwit
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      121 year ago

      Directors already made their deal. Could they still go on strike?

        • Arotrios
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          201 year ago

          Goddamit. Upvote for info. Incoherent internet rage for the fuckers that wrote the Wagner and Taft-Hartley acts.

          • Granite
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            181 year ago

            Striking itself used to be illegal, so fuck the unjust law and strike together.

            • pips
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              121 year ago

              Yeah but they literally can’t make you work, so…

              Labor has more power than it realizes and should weild that power more often.