“I want to be crystal clear: We are not going to accept a deal that is not fair to our members,” the union chief unsurprisingly said Thursday at the Las Vegas confab as painful memories of the 2023 picket lines were in the air. “There is no reason there should need to be a strike because these companies should come to the table in good faith, as we are.”
DCI then tossed a grenade into the AMPTP mix, saying: “I am certainly not going to rule out a strike. A strike is a possibility.”
by Mysterious_Brush1852
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I honestly don’t know if this industry can survive another strike
This guy makes a million dollars a year and is mentioning strikes during a time where the majority of the industry isn’t working. Does this guy know the definition of optics???
They haven’t even been offered a deal, obviously its a still a possibility lol; but idk why he even mentioned a strike when he’s obviously aware of the alarm bells that it sounds for people working in the industry
Movie theaters are flat out gone if they strike for more than a month.
Good faith , remember that extension done in good faith. Anyway prime time to do this would be summer during oddessy and Spiderman that will compel studios to work fast.
This fool is still there? Here’s a reality check Mr “Chief” Strike again and you’ll probably destroy what little is left of Hollywood and the Netflix/WB merger will look tiny in comparison in the amount of damage another strike will do. The industry has only just recovered in the last 12 months or so from the last one. It’s like this man wants to single handedly destroy the industry if he so much as wakes up on the wrong side of the bed. He needs to be given the boot.
…Why would you fucking *start* with that line? That basically says thast you’re ready and willing to pick a fight going in. And granted, I get it. A strike *should* be the response if Netflix immediately yanks WB’s slate from theaters once they’re able to. But *Netflix does not yet own Warners*, and won’t own it for ***months.*** Striking now seems premature, especially when we’re still barely recovering from the last one. A strike should be a weapon of last resort.
The last strike was a disaster. So, do what you have to do to gain a leverage in negotiations. But be very careful.
I think the guilds and their negotiators hurt every member who is working but not at the tippy top of the profession. With that in mind, they would be insane to say other than this.
Why would a union leader ever rule out a strike?
A lot of people here failing to see that the actors may already view the current landscape as existential for them. Why should they care that Hollywood goes on if their own jobs are gone? It’s easy to say that from your keyboard, but I doubt very many people are looking to help their own companies eliminate entire categories of jobs because it’s better for the bottom line. Many people weirdly seem to think everyone makes movie star money and will just live off their accumulated riches.
No, just no. You ruined your reputation after the awful strike against gamers and the industry isn’t capable of surviving another strike
I’d be shocked if the studios are that stupid to kickstart a second strike after we saw how badly it affected 2024.