• somename [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    I think it's unfair to treat the writers as a monolith here. Yeah, there are shitheads in every union that are just pay focused, but a lot of people are victimized by these issues themselves. I agree stuff like this won't cure it, that the strike is unlikely to make a fully transformative action, but it's not the wrong direction. Negotiated contracts aren't just about monetary compensation. They can cover a wide variety of protections. I don't think it's fair to say that writers don't care about this, or won't push for it. Most writers aren't the people in power that perpetuate these crimes. The last strike didn't do anything about it, but labor action has been weak as shit for decades. It's only recently that any real teeth have started to remerge, and either way, enhancing the power of workers can only give them a stronger position to fight abuse.