#2023 strikes

[iww-gnv]

Over twice as many workers hit the picket line last year as they did in 2022 — and you can thank actors, writers, and UAW members for the massive increase.  A new annual report from the Labor Action Tracker, compiled by the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University and the Labor and Employment Relations School at the University of Illinois, tracked work stoppages across the country.  The report finds that, in 2023, there were 470 work stoppages — 466 of which were strikes. In total, around 539,000 workers were involved in work stoppages last year. That’s up from around 224,000 in 2022. The report attributes that uptick to the sweeping, headline-making strikes by workers in Hollywood, the auto industry , theKaiser Permanente healthcare system, and Los Angeles schools. 

[astudyintheburningofhearts]

I may sound ignorant and like an all-round idiot, but could someone like explain the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes that have been going on? Cuz I've been reading about them consistently, and I feel like I know the gist of it all- but I really wanna understand what exactly's happening- thanks (?)

[empirearchives]

Grande Armée, Défilé Rouen 2023

Statue of Napoleon in front of a protest in France as part of a series of general strikes and demonstrations against the 2023 French pension reform bill

Photo by Vincent Lebret

[songofwizardry]

i have some real bad news for Gavin about who exactly makes up the membership of a teaching union.

anyway. in case you needed more reasons to—support the NEU teachers' strikes!

[yooka-kazooie]

Hey Hollywood / AMPTP / bigwig execs:

agree to WGA's demands you absolute chucklefucks

I need dumb late night talkshows to get News Updates in a way that doesn't destroy my mental health

(Obviously also they need to agree to all the unions's stuff happening rn including WGA, SAG-AFTRA, and *checks notes* the IATSE is now representing Marvel's VFX workers but I don't know if they've moved to start negotiating anything yet)

[jaspers47]

Perfection is the enemy of progress

Fran drescher opposes vaccine mandates just fyi

[kropotkindersurprise]

July 25, 2023 - Striking stuntman Mike Massa walks in the SAG-AFTRA picket line while on fire. [video]

[thefirsthogokage]

The. Deal. Is. So. Good.

Couldn't get the link to the side-by-side of the WGA offer, the AMPTP counter offer from May, and the final deal, because it's a document to download and too many pictures to take for this post that probably wouldn't be legible, but it's in this tweet (click the link below the tweet to go to said tweet):

Don't forget,the fight isn't over for SAG-AFTRA and next year, contracts are up again for IATSE, including The Animation Guild.

If you're a fan of movies, tv, and animation, keep helping the guilds fight the good fight!

Also, please support the other unions that are out their now fighting their own fights including Amazon workers, Local 11 in LA, and Flight Attendants!

And of course, big thanks to strike hero Drew Carey for paying for probably THOUSANDS of meals for striking writers in LA these past five months.

Congratulations WGA and Pre-WGA for your amazing wins with this contract!

[victorian-nymph]

Something something a story in four parts

[iww-gnv]

The number of striking U.S. workers more than doubled in 2023. Forget the "summer of strikes," 2023 was a full year of walkouts: The number of workers who walked off the job surged by 141% last year from 2022, per a report out Thursday morning. Why it matters: The strong labor market of the past few years fueled a rise in support for unions and worker organizing, emboldening organizers to take a harder line — pushing folks to the picket lines. The results were great for these workers — especially in the four biggest walkouts of the year, where they scored big double-digit raises, bonuses, better benefits, and other assorted goodies.

[jellybeanium124]

In the wake of the dual strike I would like to remind everyone that "hollywood elites" is an antisemitic dogwhistle and if you are referring to company executives call them executives

[buggotbrain]

and so it begins. May 1st, 2023.

[songofwizardry]

bit hard to find coverage of the budget day strikes and rally yesterday, but here’s some aerial footage showing just how massive the rally was! (lots of pictures and videos from on the ground in the replies too) it was incredible to see the different sectors come together—the NEU group was massive, with teachers coming to london from far north and from the isle of wight, but we had junior doctors, tube staff, civil servants, etc… we strike together to win together! (and yet, not a word on public sector funding in the budget. unsurprising, but still.)

[the-commonplace-book]

look folks, saying that actors are being greedy and don't need to strike because A-list names get paid buckets of money is like saying that food service workers are paid enough and treated perfectly well and don't deserve more compensation because Gordon Ramsay is millionaire

[fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors]

As Barbie becomes a billionaire it's heartbreaking to realize that the writers who wrote the film and the actors who participated in it are unable to fully celebrate its success because they are on strike picketing for better working conditions, increased residuals and stronger protections against AI.

[madseance]

Hollywood Writers Strike: Official Sources

The Writer's Guild of America has voted to strike, and I want to get out ahead of something Tumblr is bad about doing and encourage y'all to PLEASE get your information about the strike from the guild itself, not from random people on Tumblr telling you it's "actually" about this or that.

The WGA wants the public to understand why they are striking. They have plenty of info available that is written with a general audience in mind.

WGA.org is the official website of the Writer's Guild of America West.

WGAwest is on Twitter and posting extensively about the negotiations and strike. This account is linked from the WGA website.

WGA also has a Linktree (linked from their Twitter bio) with more information about the strike, including their own Twitter threads about various strike issues, as well as articles in the media.

WGA Contract 2023 is a website full of information about the strike. It is one of the first links in the Linktree above. It's a great resource if you want to get deeper into the subject. There is a FAQ.

Any third party explaining the issue for you has an opportunity to, intentionally or not, insert their own spin or agenda. Get the information from the source.