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The Writers’ Strike Opens Old Wounds

Kate Fortmueller Los Angeles Review of Books
While the methods of production and distribution have transformed several times over, every industry-wide strike since 1950 has been about residuals. Residuals have historically been the most hard-fought battles. Now there is streaming, and AI.

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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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