“If management fails to reach a deal with their unionized writers, picketing would begin on Wednesday, April 24, outside Sesame Workshop’s offices in New York City.” - Writers Guild of America, East
IATSE, the Teamsters and the Hollywood Basic Crafts will host a pre-negotiations kickoff rally on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at Woodley Park in Los Angeles.
“‘Today, we are coming together to restore workers’ rights, protect Michiganders on the job, and grow Michigan’s middle class,’ Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a statement Friday after signing the legislation.”
Ich stelle mir vor, wie ich durch einen kleinen Schritt eine Kammer gleißenden Lichts erschaffe. Je länger ich auf die #U1 warten muss, desto größer das Risiko, dass ich das Universum zum Strahlenkollaps bringe.
In #Barmbek die übervolle #U3 wegfahren lassen, aber kaum sind die Türen zu, spuckt die #U1 die nächste Ladung Menschen aus und es stehen noch mehr rum.
I made this image for an article I’m writing called “Dominion Over the Machines” about how the SAG-AFTRA AI precedents (if ratified) may move things forward not just for actors, but for every human that may face non-humans doing their work.
A deliberate tactic of SAG-AFTRA during contract negotiations was to make hiring actors the most affordable solution companies have, to make replacing actors with digital things impractical.
Netflix's "new" section is a throwback to retro content; CEOs got a compensation cut due to shareholder-imposed pay reductions. Iger and Disney face multiple lawsuits from various investor groups. 1/4
An "activist" shareholder, Nelson Peltz, seeks to dismantle Disney. These companies and CEOs hurt themselves and us, they need our work, badly. And will try hard to divide us to get it for nothing. 2/4
"Alone we beg, together we bargain" isn't just for individual people: it means unions working together succeed together. IATSE and Teamsters are up next year and SAG-AFTRA doesn’t have a new contract in place yet. This year we set the tone, next year we bring it home. 4/4 end