Writer's strike

[Silver]

With the way film and telly has been the past decade, they can hire all new amateur writers and still make the same mediocre content.

[Fake Messiah]

As the writer strike finally ends, SAG-AFTRA members have approved a strike against the video game industry with 98.32% voting Yes

Companies included are Insomniac, Disney, WB, Epic Games, Activision, and EA

This does not mean that they will go on strike. The next bargaining session is scheduled for this week

https://deadline.com/2023/09/sag-aftra-a...235555756/

[Brian37]

The GOP loves to blame inflation on Democrats but they are the ones who for 40 years have allowed anti competitive monopolies by giant corporations over and over and this allows these companies to do whatever they want to employees and charge whatever they want without reason to cost of living. Inflation of course is a normal part of cycle but today it is nothing more than a blackmail word used by the corporate class to excuse being dicks to employees. 

Reagan busting the air traffic control unions was where it started, and 40 years of deregulation and "don't tax the rich" is why we are where we are today. It is great to see the actors unions/writer's unions and auto workers strike. Unions built the middle class and Reagan destroyed it. 

It is so bad today that even the real estate monopolies are making it impossible for people to afford rent and mortgages. And the GOP would have everyone believe less for you is good for you.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The GOP loves to blame inflation on Democrats but they are the ones who for 40 years have allowed anti competitive monopolies by giant corporations over and over and this allows these companies to do whatever they want to employees and charge whatever they want without reason to cost of living. Inflation of course is a normal part of cycle but today it is nothing more than a blackmail word used by the corporate class to excuse being dicks to employees. 

Reagan busting the air traffic control unions was where it started, and 40 years of deregulation and "don't tax the rich" is why we are where we are today. It is great to see the actors unions/writer's unions and auto workers strike. Unions built the middle class and Reagan destroyed it. 

It is so bad today that even the real estate monopolies are making it impossible for people to afford rent and mortgages. And the GOP would have everyone believe less for you is good for you.

‘No business owner ever fought for the 40-hour work week, paid sick leave, compensation for job-related injuries, decent wages, safe working conditions, or anti-child labor laws. Unions did that. All of it.’ - Robert Reich

Boru

[MR. Macabre 666]

Couldn't care any less, broadcast content is all garbage. Now the actors are on strike? F every single one of them.

You don’t think actors should strike?

Boru

I literally couldn't care any less. We don't watch any of the crap that the networks have been putting out. I can't remember the last time we watched any broadcast channels.
Let 'em pound sand.

[Rev. Rye]

One little factoid I recently found out: apparently, the major studios were all balking at the unions' demands, saying that even they couldn't afford to put them into practice. But there was one studio that got back into the swing of things pretty early: A24. Yep, the small studio that's technically more of a distributor than an actual studio was willing to agree to their terms, but studios like Disney that control a stupefyingly large part of the entertainment market? What they want is too expensive.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

You don’t think actors should strike?

Boru

I literally couldn't care any less. We don't watch any of the crap that the networks have been putting out. I can't remember the last time we watched any broadcast channels.
Let 'em pound sand.

They delayed the release of DUNE pt. II! For that I kill their Smith-Coronas!

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

You don’t think actors should strike?

Boru

I literally couldn't care any less. We don't watch any of the crap that the networks have been putting out. I can't remember the last time we watched any broadcast channels.
Let 'em pound sand.

You don't seem to understand what labour stoppages are about. It's not what you watch or don't watch. Actors unions being on strike is not materially different that striking coal workers, striking teachers, striking auto workers, etc.

It's not about the products or services, it's about keeping management from economically raping the people who actually produce those products and services (and, by extension, create actual wealth).

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

All the articles about the deal talk about AI, but the strike was mostly because of money and how they were not paid enough. So what happened with that?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I literally couldn't care any less. We don't watch any of the crap that the networks have been putting out. I can't remember the last time we watched any broadcast channels.
Let 'em pound sand.

They delayed the release of DUNE pt. II! For that I kill their Smith-Coronas!

Boru