TV Hollywood writers and studios reach deadline without agreement; writers strike imminent (UPDATE: writers reach tentative agreement, actors on strike)

[Lugia667]

seems like progress was made

 

[chocolate_supra]

First Marvel and now Disney!!

 

[EvilChameleon]

Disney only has 13 VFX workers?

 

[chocolate_supra]

Disney only has 13 VFX workers?

According to the LA Times:

There were 18 eligible voters in Walt Disney Pictures VFX workers’ union election, with 13 voting in favor of unionization and zero voting against, IATSE said. They are part of Walt Disney Pictures, an arm of Walt Disney Studios, and have worked on live-action films “Aladdin,” “Lion King” and “Beauty and the Beast,” IATSE said.

I wouldn't be surprised if a ton of their VFX workforce are contractors with only a skeleton crew of actual Disney employees.

 

[BassForever]

According to the LA Times:



I wouldn't be surprised if a ton of their VFX workforce are contractors with only a skeleton crew of actual Disney employees.

Odds are the whole department is about to be contractors

 

[chocolate_supra]

Odds are the whole department is about to be contractors

I've already seen claims spreading on the internet that "ackshually the writers just got the news that with this new deal the studios won't be able to invest in nearly as many tv shows so the amount of available work is about to plummet and now many of the writers regret striking in the first place" so... yeah, I could see some retaliatory department shrinkings to try and stoke the anti-union sentiment.

 

[BassForever]

I've already seen claims spreading on the internet that "ackshually the writers just got the news that with this new deal the studios won't be able to invest in nearly as many tv shows so the amount of available work is about to plummet and now many of the writers regret striking in the first place" so... yeah, I could see some retaliatory department shrinkings to try and stoke the anti-union sentiment.

Of course, and these places will also raises prices to not lose profit.

 

[chocolate_supra]

So this isn't strictly WGA/SAG related but hoooooooly cow yall

 

[ziggyrivers]

Good. It’s high time Corporate America suffered the consequences of decade long’s exploitation