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― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 23:13 (one year ago) link
“People close to the studios who were not authorized to speak publicly also acknowledged the decision to make deal points public was designed to circumvent WGA leadership to spur writer-producers and legions of workers who are struggling financially to begin to apply pressure to WGA’s leadership to accept a deal.”
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-08-23/writers-strike-studios-wga-talks-amptp-actors-strike
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 24 August 2023 20:22 (one year ago) link
UAW membership votes 97% for strike authorization in mid-September if needed
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/25/uaw-strike-vote-to-authorize.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 August 2023 15:21 (one year ago) link
“A former senior studio executive called me from his car. “Everyone is feeling down on all sides,” he said. “It really does feel like the business is in a lot of upheaval. People are talking about how linear television is declining faster than anybody thought, which means that the twenty-two-episode scripted network show is becoming a rarer and rarer thing. And the six-to-eight-to-ten-episode series on a streamer—the economics of that turns out to be much harder for everybody. If you look at all the legacy studios, it seems like their profit margins are going down. And, obviously, talent—writers and directors and actors—are feeling like they’re getting squeezed.”
He went on, “So the mood is tough for everybody. There’s a lot of mistrust and animosity between the studios and the guilds. In the past, there has been more empathy across the aisles. Right now, it just feels like everybody’s sort of frustrated with everybody, almost like everybody’s fighting for a bigger piece of a shrinking pie.””
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/notes-on-hollywood/scenes-from-hollywoods-hot-labor-summer
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 31 August 2023 20:18 (one year ago) link
lol the pie isn't shrinking dog
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 31 August 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
"it seems like their profit margins are going down"
*citation needed
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 31 August 2023 21:25 (one year ago) link
Today, @AmericanAir Flight Attendants returned a 99.47% ‘yes’ vote to authorize a #strike. Our 26,000+ Members have sent a clear message: we are ready to strike. #1u #SolidaritySummer pic.twitter.com/JwEnHcFzne— Association of Professional Flight Attendants (@APFAunity) August 30, 2023
― mookieproof, Thursday, 31 August 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
salute
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 1 September 2023 07:09 (one year ago) link
Dang, a SECOND SAG strike
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sag-aftra-seeks-video-game-strike-approval-1235711251/amp/
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 2 September 2023 13:02 (one year ago) link
Happy Labor Day!
I enjoyed listening to this today:
https://www.wnyc.org/story/witness-history-labor-movement/
― budo jeru, Monday, 4 September 2023 17:05 (one year ago) link
Workers at Powells Books in Portland are holding a one-day strike rally Im heading downtown for
Alright, y’all, let’s do this! 🪧✊📣On Monday, September 4, workers at Powell’s Books will be going on a one-day Unfair Labor Practice Strike. This will be the first strike for Powell’s workers in 20 years! Come join us on the picket line!RSVP: https://t.co/G8UK7fYazR pic.twitter.com/Wy1PcfVGuM— ILWU Local 5 (@ILWULocal5) August 22, 2023
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:32 (one year ago) link
This is not a labor action but I would like to suggest several actions against this asshole. (Same dude who went viral for telling millennials to stop buying avocado toast.)
Gurner Group founder Tim Gurner tells the Financial Review Property Summit workers have become "arrogant" since COVID and "We've got to kill that attitude." https://t.co/lcX3CCxGuj pic.twitter.com/f9HK2YZRRE— Financial Review (@FinancialReview) September 12, 2023
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 17:26 (one year ago) link
there's a face in need of a fist
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 17:40 (one year ago) link
another Tim Heidecker persona?
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:34 (one year ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/11/tuc-agrees-non-compliance-strategy-against-anti-strike-laws
Meeting at the Trades Union Congress’s annual meeting in Liverpool, delegates unanimously agreed to seek to resist the new law, which allows public sector employers to establish “minimum service levels” on strike days.“That’s what we have to do – that’s the message,” the RMT leader, Mick Lynch, told union activists at the conference. “We are a fighting union movement and we are going to turn this legislation over.”The motion says: “We have no choice but to build mass opposition to the minimum service levels laws, up to and including a strategy of non-compliance and non-cooperation to make them unworkable, including industrial action.”The Fire Brigades Union leader, Matt Wrack, described it as a “message of defiance” to the government, signalling that “this government’s nasty, authoritarian agenda will be vigorously opposed by the trade union movement”.
“That’s what we have to do – that’s the message,” the RMT leader, Mick Lynch, told union activists at the conference. “We are a fighting union movement and we are going to turn this legislation over.”
The motion says: “We have no choice but to build mass opposition to the minimum service levels laws, up to and including a strategy of non-compliance and non-cooperation to make them unworkable, including industrial action.”
The Fire Brigades Union leader, Matt Wrack, described it as a “message of defiance” to the government, signalling that “this government’s nasty, authoritarian agenda will be vigorously opposed by the trade union movement”.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 22:58 (one year ago) link
Worthwhile interview with Sam Gindin here about the UPS Teamster bargaining and its shortcomings
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:21 (one year ago) link
https://shows.acast.com/jacobin-radio/episodes/behind-the-news-cold-war-liberalism-ups-teamsters
Announcement via More Perfect Union:
BREAKING: Marvel VFX workers have just won a historic first union in the visual effects industry.The workers who power the biggest superhero movies on the planet voted unanimously to unionize with vfxunion.This is a major first step for the industry, and Disney is next.
The workers who power the biggest superhero movies on the planet voted unanimously to unionize with vfxunion.
This is a major first step for the industry, and Disney is next.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 17:21 (one year ago) link
YES!!!!!!
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 17:22 (one year ago) link
let's go
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/detroit-three-strike-deadline-nears-sides-remain-far-apart-2023-09-14/
― budo jeru, Friday, 15 September 2023 03:02 (one year ago) link
Bring it
It’s already broughten
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/15/business/auto-workers-strike/index.html
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 15 September 2023 14:42 (one year ago) link
✊
― brimstead, Friday, 15 September 2023 15:28 (one year ago) link
Hmmm
https://deadline.com/2023/09/authors-openai-lawsuit-john-grisham-george-rr-martin-1235551400/?fbclid=IwAR0M4ucuTIo2ajqI0TWxyjY_b2OOpN4IvenGukPPqluE64XtuimH32U2CB0
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 22:41 (one year ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/24/1200770450/writers-strike-ends
Tentative deal reached
― I Wanna Find an ILXor That'll Flag My Last Post Till I Have To Go (WmC), Monday, 25 September 2023 02:41 (one year ago) link
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 25 September 2023 11:12 (one year ago) link
Back to work
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/09/26/business/wga-back-to-work/index.html
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 27 September 2023 08:51 (one year ago) link
Another good thing!
https://variety.com/2023/artisans/news/walt-disney-pictures-vfx-workers-unionize-1235730179/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 17:57 (one year ago) link
Also this!
Student Assistants are making history by forming a union with @CSUEU. This is the largest non-academic student worker campaign in U.S. history. Next stop, a UNION YES election. @CalState administration needs to accept PERB decision & let Student Assistants Vote! #CSUStudentsWork pic.twitter.com/JcYTz64v5I— CSUEU (@CSUEU) October 3, 2023
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 19:47 (one year ago) link
Looking good...
https://apnews.com/article/auto-workers-strike-general-motors-battery-plants-a6ad7d6b9c3f42c24f3c7dbe21f4b694
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 6 October 2023 19:28 (one year ago) link
walgreens pharmacy workers (who are not yet unionized) have organized a walkout mostly on reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/WalgreensStores/) and facebook afaict
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 9 October 2023 18:52 (one year ago) link
some local labour action: https://jacobin.com/2023/10/public-sector-workers-quebec-canada-general-strike-common-front
― rob, Thursday, 12 October 2023 13:12 (one year ago) link
https://deadline.com/2023/10/levar-burton-drew-barrymore-national-book-awards-1235572952/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 13 October 2023 20:00 (one year ago) link
On we go
https://www.thewrap.com/why-sag-studio-talks-ended-fran-drescher/?fbclid=IwAR0sgKE4qvLo2P7Iz1M-FCGkzvJsZLUpgPp2IGybBxFF5rCXBlCPQPQlC_c
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 09:52 (one year ago) link
https://www.thewrap.com/studios-sag-strike-one-week-deadline/
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 26 October 2023 17:37 (one year ago) link
yessss
https://archive.ph/2023.10.30-192803/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/uaw-strike-why-elon-musk-tesla-could-be-union-s-next-target
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 30 October 2023 21:01 (one year ago) link
oh please
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Monday, 30 October 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
new boss unlocked
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 30 October 2023 21:50 (one year ago) link
Tesla workers should be unionized. Driving Elon absolutely nuts and to the point he commits multiple unfair labor practice violations is just the sweetener.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 30 October 2023 22:13 (one year ago) link
A six-week wave of strikes that hobbled the three largest U.S. automakers has resulted in tentative contract agreements that would give workers their biggest pay raises in decades while avoiding a protracted work stoppage that could have damaged the economy.
On Monday, General Motors and the United Automobile Workers reached a deal that mirrored agreements the union had reached in recent days with Ford Motor and Stellantis, the parent company of Ram, Jeep and Chrysler. The terms will be costly for the automakers as they undertake a switch to electric vehicles, while setting the stage for labor strife and demands for higher pay at nonunion automakers like Tesla and Toyota.
The tentative agreements, which still require ratification by union members, also appeared to be a win for President Biden, who had risked political capital by picketing with striking workers at a G.M. facility in Michigan last month.
“They have reached a historic agreement,” Mr. Biden said Monday after speaking with Shawn Fain, the U.A.W. president. The deals, the president said, “reward autoworkers who gave up much to keep the industry working and going during the global financial crisis more than a decade ago.”
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 01:22 (one year ago) link
Flawless victory
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 11:00 (one year ago) link
Cool
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/toyota-raises-uaw-strike-ford-gm
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 23:31 (one year ago) link
Cool!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/world/europe/sweden-tesla-strike.html
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 7 November 2023 23:45 (eleven months ago) link
Let Oscar campaigning season commence
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sag-aftra-tentative-deal-historic-strike-1235771894/amp/
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 9 November 2023 01:33 (eleven months ago) link
I've got an actor friend losing his shit on FB right now over how bad he feels the SAG deal is.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 November 2023 05:34 (eleven months ago) link
What’re his complaints?
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 9 November 2023 11:10 (eleven months ago) link
The pay raise isn't high enough, particularly when they are also promising shorter, more efficient work hours (ultimately less pay overall).
But his big deal is that he feels the AI restrictions/protocols don't go far enough, particularly on a three-year contract because the tech will so much stronger when they're back at the negotiating table there's no way a good deal is happening them or any time afterwards.
I'm inclined to believe him there, because his current day job is a consulting thing with Disney, where he goes around the country checking up on projects at their different studio and tech spaces, so he knows a bit about what they are already doing re: computerization and AI.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 November 2023 15:30 (eleven months ago) link
nice
New: How Formula One accidentally helped Las Vegas workers land the 'best contract ever'Culinary Union, threatening a mass strike timed to the much-hyped F1 race, inked deals w/casino giants mere days before the event.They say it gave them "leverage."https://t.co/5IgYmqYOIL— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 22, 2023
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 16:31 (eleven months ago) link
Washington Post striking tomorrow
https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/12/05/washington-post-staffers-will-go-on-strike-thursday/
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 18:22 (ten months ago) link
Get ready
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/iatse-teamsters-hollywood-labor-peace-next-year-1235823080/amp/
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 7 January 2024 02:56 (nine months ago) link
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/18/media/los-angeles-times-staffers-to-protest-layoffs/index.html
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 19 January 2024 02:11 (nine months ago) link