I agree.
I have many friends in the industry. The last strike was devastating to many hard working, good people.
If your friends were smart (and young enough) they would pack up and head to New Zealand. NZ is looking for immigrants with experience in the TV/film industries and another strike will push more of the TV/film production offshore. Countries like NZ and Canada do not take anyone over 40 unless you are bringing alot of cash and a certificate of good health from one of the doctors certified by them to give you a physical-they don’t want you coming over to mooch off their socialized medicine schemes.
If they are over 40 and do not have a million dollars in cash they are toast-best for them to get out and start looking for other employment while they still can or go find some land where they can build a house and grow their own food. The toxic combination of unions, California/New York state governments is already killing the TV/film industries in those states and the choke hold is tightening. Add to that the fact that the TV/film industry is no longer a cash cow it once was and you are going to see alot of studios/production companies go under over the next couple years. Those who don’t will probably move out of California/New York altogether and when they do they will discover that they do not need to employ as many people as they used to.
My soon-to-be-ex-husband is a member of Hollywood #399 and is as conservative as they come. He is not happy about this threatened strike at all. Just the mention of a strike reduces up-coming production tremendously and in turn hurts a lot of hard working families that do not support the union’s political agenda.