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August 26, 2023

Why Are SAG-AFTRA and WGA on Strike? Hollywood Runs on Low Pay and Exploitation

Kim Kelly Teen Vogue

Hollywood glamour doesn't pay the rent. Many of the people who actually make the movies and television shows we love so much — whose hard work creates stories, sound stages, spectacular costumes, and so much more — are barely scraping by.

August 24, 2023

What Might Finally Resolve the Hollywood Strikes

David Dayen The American Prospect

The unions raised the need for antitrust enforcement, and the Biden administration’s top antitrust cops paid attention. The one-two punch of simultaneous WGA and SAG strikes, for the first time in 60 years, has stalled out virtually all productions.

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March 26, 2019

Musicians Union Vows Fight for Streaming Residuals as Contract Extended

Jonathan Handel The Hollywood Reporter

As production shifts to streaming platforms that pay players no residuals, their relatively powerless guild confronts the looming threat of "deresidualization."

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