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Actors join writer strike: first tandem strike in Hollywood since 1960 (www.cnbc.com)

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According to reports, producers expect writers will run out of money, possibly lose their homes and be forced to come to bargaining table. Producers denied these reports.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. Solidarity action is illegal in the USA because of course it is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_action

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Goddamit. Upvote for info. Incoherent internet rage for the fuckers that wrote the Wagner and Taft-Hartley acts.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Striking itself used to be illegal, so fuck the unjust law and strike together.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah but they literally can't make you work, so...

Labor has more power than it realizes and should weild that power more often.