Posted on 10/04/2021 5:57:57 PM PDT by Libloather
Hollywood crews have voted overwhelmingly in favor of waging a strike if their union cannot agree to a new contract, setting the stage for an extraordinary showdown with the major studios.
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees said 52,706 members or nearly 99% of those who cast ballots voted in favor of a strike authorization. The turnout was unusually high, with 90% of eligible union members participating in the vote, IATSE said.
Union members representing some 60,000 film and TV workers have been casting their votes since Friday to authorize their leaders to call a strike if they can't reach an agreement with producers on a new three-year contract.
The extraordinary vote comes after months of talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers - which represents the major studios and streaming companies - reached an impasse.
“The members have spoken loud and clear,” IATSE President Matthew Loeb said. "This vote is about the quality of life as well as the health and safety of those who work in the film and television industry."
The AMPTP said it was committed to finding a deal to avoid a production shutdown at a critical time.
"A deal can be made at the bargaining table, but it will require both parties working together in good faith with a willingness to compromise and to explore new solutions to resolve the open issues," the alliance said in a statement Monday.
The vote doesn't mean a strike is inevitable, but the near unanimous show of support does give union leaders potentially more leverage in contract negotiations with employers, who might be willing to make concessions for fear of disruptions caused by a walkout.
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It won’t affect me.
There was only a few shows I watched this year. Crime scene kitchen and really not much else. As for movies? I haven’t been to a theater in 2 years. So meh?.
Screw Hollyweird. I don’t need em.
Same.
If you guys knew Real Stars like I did, you would have quit watching TV and Movies 30 plus years ago like I did
I’ll sure miss them.
Good news!
I dare them to strike!
I dare them to!
Don’t do it!
Tens of thousands of unemployed mostly progressives and a break from the dreck Hollywood has been making?
May this strike last 10 years!
Oh well.
what?
a reprive from the commie-centric, china-appologizing, nannydictatoral psychological mindfluff being churned out by Hollywood?
We should be so lucky
So disappointed...NOT! Hollyweird is pinning down the toilet.
Won’t miss them one bit. Kinda like the nba, nfl, etc.
That sounds like something a pilot to the Hollywood elite once said.
Me, the last movie I’ve seen in a theatre was at the $1.50 matinee about 5 years ago.
Would something about jabs be in this new contract?
You mean that Hollywood won’t be able to produce all those WOKE movies, with mindless monsters and senseless destruction and death ?
How will the citizenry ever survive ?
President Matthew Loeb said. “This vote is about quality of life and the health and safety of those who work in the film and television industry.”
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Assuming they already get free masks, health care, counseling, lube and condoms. What else could they need ?
And “ Quality of life” ? Thats so vague.
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