Anonymous industry sources told Deadline this week that studio executives did not plan to resume negotiations with the striking writers until late October.
“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” an industry source was quoted as saying, with another saying the goal was to “break the WGA”.
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@WarmSoda That’s totally in line with what we’re seeing this year. Work (I’m a camera operator Local600) has been remarkably slow, or completely stopped successfully January. Their goal was to strike us before the strike, knowing that most of us have not be able to fully recover from COVID and already have used our rainy day funds. It’s amazing how destructive sociopaths can be when in powerful positions.
Yeah I was thinking about all the people below the line that it affects, too. I bet anyone opening a restaurant right now has their pick of people to hire!
