WGA/SAGAFTRA Strike Discussion Thread | SAG Ratifies Contract

[grim22]

24 minutes ago, AJG said:

 

Some poor jackass was probably given three weeks to help redesign the app with only a mantra that reads "less scrolling", and these guys are acting like it's armageddon. 

The fact that they said it was because HBO Max was migrated to Discovery+ base for building it up makes me think this was always the case on Discovery+, just no one paid attention because who cares who directed 90 Day Fiance.

[dudalb]

29 minutes ago, AJG said:

 

Some poor jackass was probably given three weeks to help redesign the app with only a mantra that reads "less scrolling", and these guys are acting like it's armageddon. 

Credits are all important to writers and directors. It is what your career is based on. You can bet they are going to fight tooth and nail to protect their credits.

[Plain Old Tele]

 

[Eric the Fall Guy]

 

[ZattMurdock]

Colin Farrell is the best Penguin and Bullseye.

 

 

 

[dudalb]

Irony is if the US does defaul on June 5th,, crashes the economy, and no one really cares about the possible strikes.

[Plain Old Tele]

Big multi-union solidarity rally in downtown LA right now (WGA, SAG, IATSE, and the Teamsters, I don’t think the DGA’s there in any official capacity but I might be wrong).
 

 

[dudalb]

4 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:

Big multi-union solidarity rally in downtown LA right now (WGA, SAG, IATSE, and the Teamsters, I don’t think the DGA’s there in any official capacity but I might be wrong).
 

 

So , as suspected, the SAG membership authorizing the strike is pretty much a done deal.

[Plain Old Tele]

It’s more than just entertainment unions: Local 11 (hotels/restaurants, etc) and AFL-CIO there as well. 

[Plain Old Tele]

14 minutes ago, dudalb said:

So , as suspected, the SAG membership authorizing the strike is pretty much a done deal.

That seems like a likely outcome but SAG has a huge membership and it’s still unclear all of them are on board. 

[Ryan Reynolds]

 

[cannastop]

[poweranimals]

So how long do we see this strike going? Are they planning to return to negotiations soon?

[Ryan Reynolds]

4 minutes ago, poweranimals said:

So how long do we see this strike going? Are they planning to return to negotiations soon?

nothing will happen until the actors go on strike at the end of next month , most think there would be a new deal by Fall, but that could be too optimistic 

[poweranimals]

10 hours ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

nothing will happen until the actors go on strike at the end of next month , most think there would be a new deal by Fall, but that could be too optimistic 

Oh damn. That seems unnecessarily long.

[filmlover]

A SAG strike would basically put the entire industry in "shutdown" mode on par with the early days of the pandemic. Get the feeling it wouldn't last more than a day or two because a multi-week strike would have massive financial issues across the industry.

[scytheavatar]

18 hours ago, filmlover said:

A SAG strike would basically put the entire industry in "shutdown" mode on par with the early days of the pandemic. Get the feeling it wouldn't last more than a day or two because a multi-week strike would have massive financial issues across the industry.

 

You have to understand that the studio heads WANT the strike and love it. It gives them an excuse to delay if not cancel projects. Already Marvel is using it to push back Thunderbolts. The industry has greenlit too much projects because of the pandemic creating a streaming bubble and now that the bubble has burst they need to rein in their spending.

[Cappoedameron]

I'm going to guess this will be resolved by August at the earliest, November potentially at the latest. SAG joining in is going to definitely speed up the process.

[Plain Old Tele]

 

[dudalb]

On 5/31/2023 at 3:33 PM, Plain Old Tele said:

 

I think there really is a "We need to make our stand now" atttiude in all the guilds, even the DGA.