Ashley M GjøvikJul 12, 2023

Megacorp execs were interviewed about the #WGA strike & were quoted saying their goal was to "break the WGA," and to drag things out "until #union members start losing their apartments and homes"

After corporate counsel reminded the execs of *labor laws*, an update was released saying that actually the execs did not want to make workers homeless in retaliation for exercising labor rights because that would violate #labor laws so its all a big misunderstanding

https://deadline.com/2023/07/writers-strike-hollywood-studios-deal-fight-wga-actors-1235434335/

Hollywood Studios Anticipate Writers Strike Lasting Until October

EXCLUSIVE, updated with AMPTP statement: Regardless of whether SAG-AFTRA goes on strike this week, the studios have no intention of sitting down with the Writers Guild for several more months. “I t…

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@ashleygjovik I reblogged this on Tumblr. This guy theorises that the whole "break the WGA" narrative was a ploy to try and get the WGA to stop striking. And he suspects the execs are going to break before long due to quarterly earnings going down. https://www.tumblr.com/kbkarma/722665372891938816
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amptp’s bluffing by the way

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Show threadAshley M GjøvikJul 13, 2023
@kbkarma They're bluffing - it's what we have to do in response. Ultimately these corporations can do whatever they want unless the government actually does its job (which it won't with the megacorps) or consumers boycott in a meaningful way.