SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America West are among more than 20 labor organizations lobbying for passage of a bill pending in the California legislature that would make striking workers in t…

  • totallynotarobot@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    To the righteous dissenters ITT:

    The AMPTP has explicitly said that their plan is to starve the workers out of their homes. This necessarily means starving the strike fund, which is not designed to provide long-term living wage in the first place.

    If they cannot do that, they will be under more pressure to resolve quickly. This means a resolution for workers, for the industry, and for the broader economy that is being negatively affected. This makes fiscal sense, and is the socially responsible thing to do.