SAG-AFTRA vote to go on strike

[Timby]

Relatedly, visual effects workers at Disney are unionizing! Not a moment too soon.

“Today, courageous Visual Effects workers at Walt Disney Pictures overcame the fear and silence that have kept our community from having a voice on the job for decades. With an overwhelming supermajority of these crews demanding an end to ‘the way VFX has always been,’ this is a clear sign that our campaign is not about one studio or corporation. It’s about VFX workers across the industry using the tools at our disposal to uplift ourselves and forge a better path forward,” IATSE VFX organizer Mark Patch said in a statement.

“The determination of these VFX workers is not just commendable, it’s groundbreaking. Their collective action against the status quo represents a seismic shift in this critical moment in our industry. The chorus of voices demanding change is unprecedented, and demonstrates our united movement is not about any one company, but about setting a precedent of dignity, respect, and fairness for all,” International President of IATSE Matthew D. Loeb said.​

Bear in mind that this, just like the Marvel unionization, is not the over-worked, under-paid artists at sweatshop CGI studios. This is the on-set people who wrangle data and work with camera operators, things of that nature. It's a grand total of 18 people at Disney who unionized under IATSE.

being too lazy to start a new thread, since the strike is still going on, is there a way to pay for Just CNBC subscription. Is there any subscription service that only charge for 1 channel, in this case, CNBC?

No.

 

[JoseNoodles]

https://allyourscreens.com/en/component/k2/item/4272-wga-to-amptp-thanks-for-getting-that-draft-in

https://variety.com/2020/artisans/a...yalty-agreement-for-german-series-1203535333/

Royston, Royston! These street urchins want to be treated like human beings. Oh the Humanity!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Bear in mind that this, just like the Marvel unionization, is not the over-worked, under-paid artists at sweatshop CGI studios. This is the on-set people who wrangle data and work with camera operators, things of that nature. It's a grand total of 18 people at Disney who unionized under IATSE.

Ah, that's right. Thank you for the clarification.

Still, this is good news. Just not good enough news.

 

[The Wormhole]

SAG-AFTRA is allowing three AMC shows to resume production. Two Walking Dead spinoffs (the Daryl Dixon series and the Rick/Michonne series The Ones Who Live) and Interview with the Vampire.
SAG-AFTRA Approves AMC 'Walking Dead' Shows to Restart Production - Variety

 

[wayoung]

WBD announces they will be taking a $300-$500 mil loss directly attributed to the strikes.

Keep in mind the below article is from Variety, whose ownership is part of the AMPTP. So of course it doesn't have, say, an estimate of what agreeing to SAG/WGA's terms would have cost WBD.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/wa...kes-500-million-earnings-loss-1235713393/amp/

 

[Sci]

WBD announces they will be taking a $300-$500 mil loss directly attributed to the strikes.

Keep in mind the below article is from Variety, whose ownership is part of the AMPTP. So of course it doesn't have, say, an estimate of what agreeing to SAG/WGA's terms would have cost WBD.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/wa...kes-500-million-earnings-loss-1235713393/amp/

Daily Beast: "Strike Will Cost Warner Bros. 10x What Workers Had Asked For"

 

[Kai "the spy"]

And just as an aside, and something that applies way too often, but fuck Bill Maher.

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[Happy Hopping]

what is this "Winona Ryder Avatar Calendar 2023: September"?

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Part of my elaborate plan for world domination.

 

[Happy Hopping]

I saw her at "Heathers", I like that scene that she fake hang herself.

I also bought Celebrity Sleuth that has her nude photos

 

[FPAlpha]

Daily Beast: "Strike Will Cost Warner Bros. 10x What Workers Had Asked For"

Yeah, both sides are looking quite a bit into the future and it's extremely grim for writers and actors because technology may get to a point that they can be replaced and the studios would like that very much because it would increase their profits even more. If the WGA calculation is correct the cost of agreeing to the demands of the WGA and SAG would account for far less than 1% of their annual profits, it's mind boggling.

And just as an aside, and something that applies way too often, but fuck Bill Maher.

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Quote from Maher " They think they're owed a living and they're not"

Incredible, people should not be able to make a living from their work? How would he feel if what he does is not paying him enough to make a living? As the host of this video says what do you think Maher's writers will think once they see this video? Fuck this piece of shit.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Yeah, Bill Maher is a pile of shit. I hate myself for ever liking him, even if it was years and years ago.

 

[Happy Hopping]

https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/bill-maher

I like him, he's a key supporter in animal welfare

 

[bdub76]

Yeah, both sides are looking quite a bit into the future and it's extremely grim for writers and actors because technology may get to a point that they can be replaced and the studios would like that very much because it would increase their profits even more. If the WGA calculation is correct the cost of agreeing to the demands of the WGA and SAG would account for far less than 1% of their annual profits, it's mind boggling.



Quote from Maher " They think they're owed a living and they're not"

Incredible, people should not be able to make a living from their work? How would he feel if what he does is not paying him enough to make a living? As the host of this video says what do you think Maher's writers will think once they see this video? Fuck this piece of shit.

He’s a millionaire telling poor people that making a living is optional is something else.

 

[Sci]

Bill Maher is a classist piece of shit.

 

[Sci]

The thing that always get me about these "no one owes you a living" arguments about why a given job shouldn't pay more, is that they fundamentally mean that the person saying that believes that a given job should exist, and that the person doing that job should be in poverty while they do it. They actively want an employee to not make enough money to meet their needs doing a job. Bill Maher wants there to be TV writers, but he doesn't want them to be able to support themselves writing the TV he watches.

 

[bdub76]

The thing that always get me about these "no one owes you a living" arguments about why a given job shouldn't pay more, is that they fundamentally mean that the person saying that believes that a given job should exist, and that the person doing that job should be in poverty while they do it. They actively want an employee to not make enough money to meet their needs doing a job. Bill Maher wants there to be TV writers, but he doesn't want them to be able to support themselves writing the TV he watches.

I remember businesses complaining when people were receiving decent unemployment because they didn't want to pay people more. Labor really needs a solid movement.

 

[wayoung]

WBD suspending development deals

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/mi...r-bros-deals-suspended-strike-1235715723/amp/

 

[Mudd]

https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/bill-maher

I like him, he's a key supporter in animal welfare

He makes his living by being an asshole. Who cares what he claims to support?

 

[Timby]

I saw her at "Heathers", I like that scene that she fake hang herself.

I also bought Celebrity Sleuth that has her nude photos

This is very germane to the topic of union strikes and not at all absolutely fucking creepy.