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Hollywood Stageworkers Consider First Strike In History In Threat To “Cripple” Content Studios

Hollywood Stageworkers Consider First Strike In History In Threat To "Cripple" Content Studios
Hollywood Stageworkers Consider First Strike In History In Threat To “Cripple” Content Studios

 

By Tyler Durden

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, one of Hollywood’s most prominent unions, is eyeing a strike.

In what could be a massive blow to movie and TV studios, many of whom are still trying to deal with fallout from the pandemic, the union’s leaders have hit an impasse while seeking shorter working hours as part of a new contract, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

The request has been in response to longer hours that have become the norm since Covid shut down a large portion of the industry.

The union has a membership of about 60,000, most of whom are based in Los Angeles. They are threatening to walk off the job, should the union’s leadership – which is countrywide – decide. This means that a strike would affect studios across the U.S., not just in Los Angeles…

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