BREAKING: 5,000 Unionizing TV Commercial Production Workers Have Certified Majority, StandWithProduction WILL WIN VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION WITH IATSE!!!!!

The group set to become the largest contingent of production department workers and entry level Production Assistants within IATSE.

Yes, hello!

Before twitter dies, I have one more #WGAStrike call to action:
Have you been paying attention to #TreeGate at #NBCUniversal ? Then let me tell you another story that could use some DIRECT SUNLIGHT shone on it: The ballad of #RadfordStudios #NeutralGate #HotStrikeSummer 🧵 1/11

*This* is the whole pie: the actual and estimated totals of each major union and guild contract measured against studio revenues over the three-year term of the last WGA deal. The “slices” they want us to fight over are so small, I couldn’t even get them to show up in Excel.

A big reason Hollywood is coming apart right now is that executives fell for Silicon Valley’s magical thinking — and just like so many tech co’s that fail to deliver on promises of endless growth, they’re taking it out on workers

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Moonlit night at Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar, Bourbon at St Philip, New Orleans

Successful leafleting tonight at Netflix’s pop up restaurant “Netflix Bites” #WGAStrike

'What writers are doing now is so important...they are part of a larger movement of workers who are willing to stand up to their employer & fight for what they deserve,' WGA Chief Negotiator Ellen Stutzman tells ELLE Magazine (US) elle.com/culture/career… #WGAstrong #1u #WritersStrike

Been seeing this screenshot flying around so here is a blackout poem with just the important part.

IT’S OPEN!!!!

Holy crap look at this beautiful cover for 1000 WORDS. Type by NOLA icon JACQ FRANÇOI$. & cover design by Patrick Sullivan. Pre-order by Books Are Magic. Inspiration from all of you. 🧡🧡🧡 booksaremagic.net/preorders/jami…

Netflix Shareholders Reject Exec Pay Packages, Days After Writers Guild Urged “No” Vote thr.cm/AbmADwd

Thank you, Gloria Molina. You were the real deal. L.A. deserves more caretakers like you. 💜💜💜

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What a privilege! These stories were emotional, inspiring, and reminded me of a Denver I haven’t known since high school. It also opened me to so much I never knew. Grateful.

L.A. indifferent with a NY sensibility

Streaming has depressed Hollywood writers’ pay over the last decade according to a new report released by The Writers Guild of America. #EqualPayDay #wga

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