I’m having a hard time believing that industry executives are negotiating in even remotely good faith. If that were true, it’s not likely that a second major union would have joined the strike.

Such ridiculous pandering; get ready for the PR tactics that will make union demands look unreasonable and paint the workers as lazy and greedy.

Good. Labor movements are most successful when solidarity is in play. What I'd really like to see is the directors join them - that segment of the industry has considerably more clout than the talent. Cherry on top would be producers joining in, but I don't see that happening unless they also have exposure as celebrities (lookin' at you, Affleck... the strike already shut down Unstoppable, so you might as well jump onto the picket line and show your support - would get you good press).

According to reports, producers expect writers will run out of money, possibly lose their homes and be forced to come to bargaining table. Producers denied these reports.

That’s so horrible, threatening people’s homes. Just the fact that they have enough money to try to wait it out while some writers are borrowing suits for their award shows proves the imbalance of profits, and that they should be able to pay the creators and workers if they weren’t so greedy.

Does anyone know if there’s a way to donate or support the unions if it ends up coming down to people’s homes and stuff being on the line?

The writer’s strike probably still won’t be really felt for a while, but this will have an immediate effect. No press junkets, no premieres, no conventions, etc.

Solidarity forever!

Solidarity with the writers and actors!! Aside from donating to the fund, another way to help is to cancel subscriptions for shows/movies. Either pirate or read a book.

Meanwhile camera Dept got fucked with a shit contract poorly negotiated by 600 last year. @cyu

This is good for multiple reasons. First off, people should get what they’re worth. This is most important. But it’s also good for viewers. Writers are often on set to adjust scripts that feel awkward in the filming process. When the writers went on strike, I imagine a lot of productions just went ahead without having a writer on set. With actors also now striking, production should surely stop and we’ll get better quality content overall.

Well, guess that’s the end of this “Barbie” marketing campaign.

“Barbie”, only in theaters July 21st.

It’s all shitposts from now on.

With the strike going on this long, I wonder if there's even going to be a Fall season of TV this year.

Good for them. Solidarity forever!

I’m curious about the timing of this, because it seems to me that doing this while the writers are striking gives the actors less leverage. A bunch of productions are already shut down due to the writers’ strike, so the actors on those productions also being on strike doesn’t delay production or cost the studios any additional money.

Obviously not all productions were already shut down, so the strike does hurt the studios, but it seems to me like if I were a studio exec, I’d much rather have all the strikes happen at the same time to minimize the cost to me.