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Over the past 24 hours
- Affirmative action is now illegal
- There is a constitutionally protected right for businesses to refuse service to minority groups as long as they can shoehorn the words "religion" and "free speech" into their justification
- No student loan forgiveness
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Does anyone have an update on where things are at with the writers strike? It's disappeared from my various feeds and algorithms.
The writers' strike is ongoing and the studios are still not returning to the negotiating table. Unfortunately a lot of the coverage has tapered off because we're on 50+ days of striking and it's not new anymore. The last strike in 2007 lasted 100 days, so don't be surprised if this strike lasts as long, or even longer.
The biggest recent news is that the Directors' Guild of America (DGA) voted to ratify their new agreement with the studios (article from June 23), and it appears likely that the actors' guild (SAG-AFTRA) will also take a deal instead of striking (article from June 24). Although this is disappointing news, it's completely expected. During previous strikes, the WGA held its own without other unions going on strike. Which is to say—don't be disheartened by the news that there won't be a triple strike. The WGA is strong enough!
Please keep vocally supporting the WGA online to keep the pressure on the studios & to keep WGA members motivated and encouraged! There are many ongoing donation drives, such as the Star Trek fan snack squad (Twitter account required to DM the organizer) and the Our Flag Means Death snack squad (opens the PayPal fundraising page—no Twitter required). There's a longer list of ongoing donation drives here.
The Entertainment Community Fund is also always accepting donations to support entertainment workers affected by the strike. Please boost and encourage your friends to keep supporting the strike. Hashtag #IStandWithTheWGA #DoTheWriteThing to boost the cause!
It's sad to see the DGA go the way they went. SAG-AFTRA are still, I think, waving in the wind.
But for the WGA, this strike is currently at (borrowing a metaphor) Helm's Deep. We have to take the stand that will allow us to—in a month or two, or three (argh), when shit starts to get serious at the AMPTP's end—roll up in front of Minas Tirith and let the other side hear the horns in the morning.
They think they're going to successfully wait us out. They are now slowly (however slowly) beginning to realize that we're waiting them out. Writers are USED to one form or another of the Great Hiatus. They're not. Their stockholders are going to get restive.
We can wait, though it hurts. It's what writers do.
I think it’s worth noting that while the DGA came to an agreement, their deal had some good points for their people and a few of those points may help the writers in their deal when they go back to the table. For example, directors for the first time ever secured compensation for Feature Directors for the “soft prep” they do. That’s all the work they put in before they’re officially in prep and on payroll. This may help the writers secure compensation for the soft prep they’re asked to do before a show is green lit.
But more importantly, the DGA secured in their deal that AI is not a person and cannot replace the duties performed by members. Granted, what directors do and what writers do is very different and it would be more difficult for AI to do a director’s job. However, most unions operate on a fairness scheme that makes sure their members don’t lose out based on what other members from other unions are getting. Which means you can’t say that AI is not a person who can’t do the jobs of members to one union and then set a different standard for another union.
The DGA didn’t strike but they have helped lay some groundwork for the writers going back to the table. I think in the end this AI point will be far more finessed in the writer’s contract because in order to reach an agreement the points must be clearly carved out for both sides. But either way, the DGA has given them a good place to make their argument.
The barbie movie is going to change things. I can feel it.
Donald Trump is gonna drop dead on the day it releases or some shit.
Due to natural disaster or misadventure.
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