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Hollywood Studios’ WGA Strike Plan: Let Writers Go Broke, “Lose Apartments” (deadline.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Seems like a dull strategy, like it happened to musical tours personnel during the pandemic: since there was no jobs available, mostly everyone changed careers, and after the demand went to normal, tour productions costs skyrocketed because there was a lack of personnel and lack of expertise.

I expect the same to happen for the WGA. If they let them dry, they’re gonna change careers. Hollywood then will find the WGA with less manpower. Whatever deal they pull through, the lack of writers will make their costs higher, giving them more power to negotiate.