I don't think it's clear if Jennifer Hale was aware Hellena Taylor was only offered $4000 and then refused the job. She might have only been told as much as "the role has been recast." Hale's a big name so she might not even have had an audition or had the situation explained. Nintendo or Platinum might have reached out to her directly and that might have been the plan all along, to get Taylor out of there
Can scabs be scabs if they don't even realize they're scabbing? that's the question
but you might be right that scabbing is more about the process of it than any individual decisions of the scabs
nah i think you need to know (and not be willfully ignorant about stuff) that you're scabbing to be one. The business would lie to Hale (or her agent) if she asked and you're putting a lot on professional courtesy asking Taylor to break NDA and for a whisper network to prevent every other actor who would be approached for the role to decline it.
Edit: It’s also worth noting that, if we decide that the intention of the worker defines whether it’s scabbing or not, then the corporations can enact union (and individual worker) busting tactics quite freely by providing plausible deniability. Making the intent of people doing things relevant to their moral culpability is a weapon against change. Capitalist society is built on a mix of natural and willful ignorance.
fuck that bollocks. crossing a picket line is way different from taking a solo job like this. And if you really want to go all the way on that, it's extra ridiculous to put culpability on people in situations where there's literally no way to find out why a job opening exists.
Isn't being a scab based on crossing a picket line or a non-union person taking a previously union role? In this case Hale is part of the SAG-AFTRA union and has participated in strikes.
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I don't think it's clear if Jennifer Hale was aware Hellena Taylor was only offered $4000 and then refused the job. She might have only been told as much as "the role has been recast." Hale's a big name so she might not even have had an audition or had the situation explained. Nintendo or Platinum might have reached out to her directly and that might have been the plan all along, to get Taylor out of there
Can scabs be scabs if they don't even realize they're scabbing? that's the question
but you might be right that scabbing is more about the process of it than any individual decisions of the scabs
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nah i think you need to know (and not be willfully ignorant about stuff) that you're scabbing to be one. The business would lie to Hale (or her agent) if she asked and you're putting a lot on professional courtesy asking Taylor to break NDA and for a whisper network to prevent every other actor who would be approached for the role to decline it.
fuck that bollocks. crossing a picket line is way different from taking a solo job like this. And if you really want to go all the way on that, it's extra ridiculous to put culpability on people in situations where there's literally no way to find out why a job opening exists.
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Isn't being a scab based on crossing a picket line or a non-union person taking a previously union role? In this case Hale is part of the SAG-AFTRA union and has participated in strikes.
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It is extremely unlikely they told Hale why she was replacing the previous voice actor.
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