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Thursday, March 07, 2024
Film and TV industry could be facing another major strike in 2024
NewscastStudio: Just when the land of TV and movies was starting to get back to normal after dual strikes affecting hundreds of productions, the industry could be facing another strike.
I kind of felt that by titling this article with the concept of another major film and television industry strike, the author was being ever so slightly click bait-y. It seems that bringing up the possibility of a major strike, when really all that is going on is that a bunch of contracts (for an entirely different set of unions from the ones that were striking in the previous strike) are expiring, and that the unions involved in those contracts are probably going to negotiate some contract changes (which is pretty normal, and also, it’s a different subject of contract from what the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes were striking about). Since those negotiations haven’t even happened yet, they could literally just be fine, no strike happens, and the unions just have nice new refreshed contracts. The article even acknowledges that there would be several rounds of strike negotiations before the strike vote would happen. The contracts expire at the end of July, and March has only just started, so it’s a little bit jumping the gun to bring up a major strike already. A better title would be something along the lines of “film and tv industry unions undergoing negotiations again” or something like that, and then in the article say something about how if x, y, and z events all happen, then there could be a strike. Also, saying “major” strike, when there is a lot of unions involved, but it could be a two day strike (which I wouldn’t classify as major) is also kind of exaggerating.
Oh no. The unions just left the strike, and now striking immediately again feels kind of weird. I think that the author of this article is doing some mental gymnastics to make this sound worse than it is-as it really just sounds to me like some pretty normal for a union contract negotiations. It seems a run of the mill event, and I'm not sure what's made the author feel the need to title the article like that. They seem to be basing the title of the article on nothing, and even acknowledge, albeit in the last sentence, that a union wouldn't consider a strike until after several rounds of negotiations. Contracts expiring is normal, and doesn't really seem to be a cause for alarm. I dislike that the attention economy is also affecting journalism, and I disagree with the idea of putting an AD directly before a critical piece of information.
This title was a bit misleading. I thought there would be more evidence for the beginning of another strike other than IATSE is renegotiating their contract this summer. Hopefully a strike won’t need to happen. I hope that AMPTP learned that their creatives are powerful and willing to strike for as long as it takes. That being said if a strike needs to happen it needs to happen and I will of course support it. I hope a strike doesn’t happen for the purely selfish reason that it decreases the readers of the Star Trek blog I write for due to the lack of Star Trek news during a strike. I like making money from the blog and I hope to continue doing so and thus I do not want a strike. We’re still recovering from the SAG and WGA strike, as I’m sure many people are. I also am generally a big fan of movies and am sad to see their production stop.
I think that this article is extremely misleading, as the wording of the title makes it seem as though a strike is imminent, but a strike would only be the last step if negotiations fell through. This is definitely not out of the question, especially as I know organizations like IATSE and such will be asking for the same sort of streaming residuals and such that were part of the reason behind the first round of strikes last year, but it is very misleading to imply that right now. I am interested in seeing how this news story develops and progresses, but I am hopeful that negotiations will go better since it would be even worse for the AMPTP to have another round of strikes after the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes last year. I hope that no strikes are needed in order for the unions to reach the terms and treatment that they deserve.
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I kind of felt that by titling this article with the concept of another major film and television industry strike, the author was being ever so slightly click bait-y. It seems that bringing up the possibility of a major strike, when really all that is going on is that a bunch of contracts (for an entirely different set of unions from the ones that were striking in the previous strike) are expiring, and that the unions involved in those contracts are probably going to negotiate some contract changes (which is pretty normal, and also, it’s a different subject of contract from what the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes were striking about). Since those negotiations haven’t even happened yet, they could literally just be fine, no strike happens, and the unions just have nice new refreshed contracts. The article even acknowledges that there would be several rounds of strike negotiations before the strike vote would happen. The contracts expire at the end of July, and March has only just started, so it’s a little bit jumping the gun to bring up a major strike already. A better title would be something along the lines of “film and tv industry unions undergoing negotiations again” or something like that, and then in the article say something about how if x, y, and z events all happen, then there could be a strike. Also, saying “major” strike, when there is a lot of unions involved, but it could be a two day strike (which I wouldn’t classify as major) is also kind of exaggerating.
Oh no. The unions just left the strike, and now striking immediately again feels kind of weird. I think that the author of this article is doing some mental gymnastics to make this sound worse than it is-as it really just sounds to me like some pretty normal for a union contract negotiations. It seems a run of the mill event, and I'm not sure what's made the author feel the need to title the article like that. They seem to be basing the title of the article on nothing, and even acknowledge, albeit in the last sentence, that a union wouldn't consider a strike until after several rounds of negotiations. Contracts expiring is normal, and doesn't really seem to be a cause for alarm. I dislike that the attention economy is also affecting journalism, and I disagree with the idea of putting an AD directly before a critical piece of information.
This title was a bit misleading. I thought there would be more evidence for the beginning of another strike other than IATSE is renegotiating their contract this summer. Hopefully a strike won’t need to happen. I hope that AMPTP learned that their creatives are powerful and willing to strike for as long as it takes. That being said if a strike needs to happen it needs to happen and I will of course support it. I hope a strike doesn’t happen for the purely selfish reason that it decreases the readers of the Star Trek blog I write for due to the lack of Star Trek news during a strike. I like making money from the blog and I hope to continue doing so and thus I do not want a strike. We’re still recovering from the SAG and WGA strike, as I’m sure many people are. I also am generally a big fan of movies and am sad to see their production stop.
I think that this article is extremely misleading, as the wording of the title makes it seem as though a strike is imminent, but a strike would only be the last step if negotiations fell through. This is definitely not out of the question, especially as I know organizations like IATSE and such will be asking for the same sort of streaming residuals and such that were part of the reason behind the first round of strikes last year, but it is very misleading to imply that right now. I am interested in seeing how this news story develops and progresses, but I am hopeful that negotiations will go better since it would be even worse for the AMPTP to have another round of strikes after the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes last year. I hope that no strikes are needed in order for the unions to reach the terms and treatment that they deserve.
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