Hollywood actors strike

[Yossarian]

Hollywood film and TV actors are set to go on strike for the first time since 1980 and I wish them the best of luck - not sure whether they'll call for people to boycott Netflix etc. in solidarity.

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said: “SAG-AFTRA negotiated in good faith and was eager to reach a deal that sufficiently addressed performer needs, but the AMPTP’s responses to the union’s most important proposals have been insulting and disrespectful of our massive contributions to this industry. The companies have refused to meaningfully engage on some topics and on others completely stonewalled us. Until they do negotiate in good faith, we cannot begin to reach a deal. We have no choice but to move forward in unity, and on behalf of our membership, with a strike recommendation to our National Board.

SAG-AFTRA Contract Talks Fail To Reach Deal; National Board Meeting Thursday Morning To Launch Strike; Sides Issue Statements

UPDATED with AMPTP statement, 1:07 AM: Contract negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP broke off tonight, and the guild’s national board will meet Thursday morning to formally approve t…

deadline.com

 

[moochedit]

I remember when the Duke's of Hazard suddendly had "troy" and "vance" the scabs

 

[moochedit]

Sorry "coy" not "troy" just googled it

 

[moochedit]

Equity in uk saying it supports the us strike but it's members can't strike here due to the uk's anti union laws.

U.K. Actors Union Equity to Support SAG-AFTRA Strike by ‘All Lawful Means’

U.K. actors union Equity is supporting the SAG-AFTRA actors strike by “all lawful means.” The two bodies released a joint statement on Thursday that said: “”Equity U.K. stan…

variety.com

 

[moochedit]

House of the dragon still filming as uk based...

‘House of the Dragon’ Can Continue Filming in U.K. Amid SAG-AFTRA Strike Due to Local Union Rules

“House of the Dragon” can continue filming in the U.K. despite the SAG-AFTRA actors strike, Variety can reveal. Just as the U.S. actors union announced a strike Thursday due to its inability to ink…

variety.com

 

[Yossarian]

Good piece here from a striking writer

I'm a striking TV writer. Here's why we're doing this.

It's our generation’s labor fight: Tech vs. humans.

www.motherjones.com

Nothing has moved me more during this battle than the words of Alex Aguilar, principal officer of LiUNA Local 724—the laborers of Hollywood who support the carpenters, painters, electricians, plumbers, plasterers, sheet metal workers, and other crafts in TV and film production—when he told an auditorium filled with more than 2,000 writers’ union members, “We will stand with you, we will stand behind, and if we have to, we will stand in front of you.”

...On the picket line, I’ve heard people scream at us to go back to work, police officers reprimand us for being too loud, and in one case, a white dude yelling, “Illegals are going to take your jobs!” But these outliers are washed out by the loud honks of support. The honks don’t usually come from the expensive Teslas that drive by. They come from the bus drivers, the electrical trucks, the waste workers, the big rigs—from the other union workers in the City of Angels.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

SAG-AFTRA always make me think of Indian food.

 

[imposs1904]

Wow.

 

[Sue]

Fair play to The Rock. (Not sure I've ever seen any of his films but good for him.)

Dwayne Johnson donates ‘historic’ amount of money to US actors’ strike foundation

The star of the Fast and Furious franchise has made a seven-figure donation to a Sag-Aftra Foundation Relief Fund, for actors who will face ‘financial ruin’ due to the strike in Hollywood

www.theguardian.com

 

[Yossarian]

‘Drew Barrymore Show’ Audience Members Say They Were Kicked Out for Writers Guild Support Amid Picket

The talk show resumed taping without its three WGA writers Monday as picketers demonstrated outside of CBS Studios.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Yossarian]

 

[Yossarian]

Looks like a big win for the writers, hopefully won't be long before the actors' union gets a good contract as well

The Hollywood writers’ strike is over — and they won big

Here’s what’s coming in the WGA’s new contract.

www.vox.com

 

[Yossarian]

Strike is over, actors won

SAG-AFTRA Approves Deal to End Historic Strike

SAG-AFTRA has approved a tentative agreement that will end the longest actors strike against the major studios in Hollywood history.

variety.com

The two sides spent the last several days putting the finishing touches on the deal, which will see the first-ever protections for actors against artificial intelligence and a historic pay increase. The deal will see most minimums increase by 7% — two percent above the increases received by the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America.

 

[bcuster]

California State University faculty launch weeklong strike across 23 campuses

Nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches, and other workers at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., walked off the job Monday in a weeklong strike to demand higher wages. The stoppage across Cal State’s 23 campuses comes two weeks after CSU...

www.yahoo.com