Creator of MTV's FINDING CARTER, Writer on Claws, Messiah, TheFlash, BONES, #BATB, lover of Vampires & the forces of darkness. Up all night reading YA Lit.
United Auto Workers union announces a targeted strike against the Big Three automakers. Thousands of workers have walked off the job. https://t.co/cX8E7XOF7Q
I’m not comparing this directly to the @AMPTP imposed strikes that @WGAWest and @sagaftra are battling now but this does neatly encapsulate an attitude that permeates corporate culture and explains the rising power of the labor movement. Workers matter.
Once negotiated a deal where BA said they wouldn’t give me my quote because the project was “low budget”. I said, great, pay me what I’m worth, I’ll write out the commensurate expenses, you wont know the difference. Which I could do. Because I was trained. On sets. In production.
@VeryHandsomeJ @LaurenWitzkeDE I’m delighted for him to play a Jewish man. I am not delighted that playing Jewish means adding a big ass nose. But please, don’t let stereotyping stand in the way of your bigotry.
If the studios’ chief negotiator isn’t willing to negotiate to restart the industry HER strategy shut down, it might be time for the studios to find a new chief negotiator.