SAG-AFTRA Alleges ‘Bully Tactics’ as Studios Suspend Negotiations ( variety.com )

Jaysyn , 8 months ago

The Writers should rejoin in solidarity.

nickwitha_k , 8 months ago

Pretty sure that they criminalized sympathy strikes in Taft-Hartley.

pdxfed , 8 months ago

Allowed unless specifically spelled out in CBA. Hope not many unions would agree to that.

uriel238 , 8 months ago

There are a lot of weird laws / precedents that criminalize striking behavior or give companies the benefit of the doubt, much thanks to institutions like the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society pushing for appointments of people who like bourgeoisie types and think of the proletariat as less-than-human. So yeah, the law has been chipping away at union power since well before the eighties, when Reagan smote union power low.

But we’re at a point (especially after the Dobbs ruling) where the public is giving fewer fucks what the courts or lawbooks say, since it’s been vice versa for decades now. The public legitimacy of SCOTUS and the justice system is lower than it has been through the 20th century. And given most companies routinely engage in (illegal) strikebusting behavior but isn’t even penalized for it (or is fined a pittance), it’s been well established the federal legal system and most state legal systems have been captured by the companies they’re striking against.

So things may well get messy, especially since the studios and labels in Hollywood have tipped their hand, showing they very much want to replace all talent with generative AI as soon as they can as part of their media as product push since the 2010s, even if it means all films and songs are mediocre and derivative sequels.