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Studios, Writers Guild Avert Strike With Last-Minute Deal (hollywoodreporter.com)
Jonathan Handel, writing for The Hollywood Reporter: Talks between the Writers Guild of America and AMPTP studio alliance went down to the wire Monday night but ultimately resulted in a three-year deal, averting a threatened walkout that could have cost jobs and homes, hit the California economy with a $200 million blow per week, accelerated cord-cutting and driven audiences off linear channels and onto digital platforms. David Young, executive director of WGA West, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that a deal had been reached. Leaving the closed door meetings, Patric Verrone, who was WGA president last time the guild went on strike in 2007-2008, told THR it was a good deal for the writers. Michael Winship, president of Writers Guild East, echoed Verrone's comments and added that the union effectively mobilized the membership with the authorization.
Would have been nice to send a bunch of "writers" packing. They don't so much write today as they do recycle anyway. No wonder people are moving their eyes away to new venues.
Seems it's original material that's missing these days. There's loads of pretty faces that can recite lines with a medium emotional range.
Say what you want but if there was no demand for their work no one would bother to negotiate with them.
A 'singular oddity' is an event that cannot be explained and only happens when you are alone.
I thought we were going to have to watch stale repetitive, mind numbing bullshit. Oh... I guess I misread it. They didn't strike.
The government is - in theory - a monopoly beholden to the population. A regional private monopoly is responsible only to their shareholders.
As the government maintains most roads, it can build, maintain, and operate most data infrastructure... either directly or by contracting the work out as required.
And as with roads, it can levy taxes to support the work. The entire economy depends on it these days (and more than that, it's critical for culture and knowledge flow as well), it's not like you're enriching a few by taxing the many.
Even in real life writers in Hollywood have to reboot everything. Take something from 10 years ago, update bits of the story, recast some of the main actors, and change the ending.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
Fine. I have contacted all your underwriters and canceled all your insurance policies. I fail to see why my safer driving and healthy diet should inure to your benefit.
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you got this in reverse, Unions work when not undermined by the state. The purpose of right to work is not to help employees, but to undermine unions.
Insurance companies were doing fine before the mandate, but citizens were not.
And good actors, writers, and skilled workers still benefit from the union, just as much as the mediocre does.
When you cant win, ad hominem.