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Megadeals Roil Video Game Worker Unionization Efforts

Katie Kikenny The Hollywood Reporter
Drawing of workers in front of a sign that says UNIONIZE! A spate of acquisitions, including Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal for Activision Blizzard, marks a flashpoint among organizers looking to make inroads in a mostly nonunion industry.

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The People Who Make Your Favorite Movies and Shows Are Fed Up

Shirley Li The Atlantic
If you watch television, or films, you should think about who is making them and under what conditions. Eighteen-hour workdays, no lunch breaks. Car accidents caused by sleep deprivation. A crew member who returned to set the day after a miscarriage.

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Here's Why Hollywood Crew Workers Have Authorized a Strike

Hollywood production workers who make content for Netflix, Amazon, Disney & other studios are working 12-hour days for poverty wages while streaming giants make billions. Now 60,000 crew workers represented by IATSE are gearing up for their first nationwide strike.

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