I was in the middle of, well, working on a novel, when I was “texted” with the news: AFTRA approves by 62%!
The Onion once wrote a parody article about novelists going on strike. Here in Hollywood, there are still some stakes involved. For now. But frankly, it hasn’t been a “hot streak” for unions lately, [...]

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Some very interesting blog reading here…
Did AFTRA screw SAG? Did SAG screw itself? Not that it matters
Late last year, when the writers’ strike against the Hollywood studios had just started, I was talking on the record with my friend and WGA member Mark Evanier, of the amazing blog, and this veteran of at least [...]

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This is from an email BTL was sent today, by a production coordinator we know:

I got emails from both my union and my agent this morning that it looks like - the strike is going to happen. Although, it still has to be put to a vote - the Producers are giving an ultimatum to [...]

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A trenchant article from the UK Independent’s Guy Adams, writing out of Hollywood, among which the most trenchant of all lines is this: “To have one trade union paralyse Hollywood was strange; two doing it in quick succession feels like carelessness.”
You bet. Hey, Hollywood, why not? As the world burns, economies crumble, and the fuel [...]

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