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
We need contractual, legislative & judicial safeguards in place to keep things more fair for everyone on all sides of every deal. We must own & control our likenesses & voices. Full stop.
Laws, courts & contracts will have to make things work better.
CEOs, unfamiliar with labor issues, lack experience and mentors in organized labor. They must grasp that relying on a Victorian labor playbook harms themselves in the 21st century. Collaboration with labor is crucial. Harvard Business Review thinks so too:
“Hollywood will restart, and while studios may pretend that the industry as a whole has to cut back on future projects after the cost of the strikes, it's worth noting that the value of the deals SAG-AFTRA and WGA received are still worth way less than the L studios took by refusing to come to the bargaining table.”
Ok Mr. “Talent friendly CEO,” this is how the world sees you. Is it talent friendly to for roughly 107 days out of 118 refuse to even talk with your talent? Your actions have consequences.
Now, #WGAstrikeshirts is 25% off site wide. As always, all union printed & 100% of net proceeds go to Entertainment Community Fund to help support people impacted by strikes.
"Instead of choosing the easy way out by simply paying writers and actors their fair share to begin with, studios have opted to make this excruciating not just for workers, but for themselves. Back in September, it was reported Warner Bros. Discovery bled $300 to $500 million in this fight..."
I made an orca’s picketing with #SAGAFTRAstrong and #WGAstrong design and you can get it from Threadless on t-shirts and more for adults and kids in various colors. All my proceeds go to The Entertainment Community Fund to support those impacted by the strikes.
Credit for WGA proposed contract goes to WGA negotiators, strike captains, lot coordinators, WGA staff, unions in solidarity worked together to get the WGA to this point and fans and supporters.
In many ways, it's not done until both the striking unions have new contracts in place and then when in 2024 IATSE and Teamsters have a new contract in place.
This year we set the tone, next year we bring it home.
I thought one of the biggest problems the writers had was using AI to regurgitate old content. Come up a new show concept. Many are still happily watching the show to this day. #TheOffice#WritersStrike
Negotiators representing the Writers Guild of America and major studios reached a tentative agreement for a new labor contract, ending a writers' strike that began in early May.
"The parties came to terms on a provisional three-year agreement, which will need to be ratified by WGA members to take effect, on Sunday after studios responded to last-minute union asks that day. Specifics of the deal affecting around 11,500 WGA members weren’t available as of press time, though they will emerge in the next few days as the union seeks to sell its members on the pact."
The Hollywood writers strike is over after guild leaders approve contract with studios (apnews.com)
Leaders of the writers union declared their nearly five-month-old strike over after board members approved a contract agreement with studios.
WGA and the studios reach tentative deal to end writers' strike (www.latimes.com)
Negotiators representing the Writers Guild of America and major studios reached a tentative agreement for a new labor contract, ending a writers' strike that began in early May.