![]() ![]() Is that not what you say on Twitter/X? Bullying works, with a smile on your face emoji. And all that took place was cyber bullying. You have just assured yourselves that the scheduled meeting between the WGA and corporate CEOs either does Not take place, or that the agreement between both parties does not happen. It’s reflective of the leadership gap - both politically and endemically - that informed many of our stories and podcasts this week.įirst up: Peter Kiefer ’s story about how, in an information void, a strange tale of a would-be meeting between showrunners Kenya Barris, Noah Hawley and WGA leadership was able to spiral - while revealing the hidden hand of the big agencies as tensions simmer between their clients and them:Ĭongratulations, WGA (and SAG). Just this morning, the White House announced it was sending a team to Detroit this week to help resolve the strike. But outside of platitudes, no politicians - local or national - seem to be coming to help get this industry, nearing its fifth month of a shutdown, back to work (an industry that supports 2.4 million jobs and pays out $186 billion in total wages, according to the Motion Picture Association). The auto industry accounts for 3 percent of America’s GDP. I do appreciate that the parties have been working around the clock. I’ve - and when I first called them at the very first day of the negotiation, I said, “Please stay at the table as long as you can to try to work this out”…īut I believe they should go further to ensure record corporate profits mean record contracts for the UAW. Unions raise workers’ wages, they said - incomes - increase homeownership increase retirement savings increase access to critical benefits, like sick leave and childcare and reduce inequality - all of which strengthen our economy for all workers… ![]() You know, I’ve been in touch with both parties over - since this began over the last few weeks…. I’d like to say a few words about the contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and the Big 3 auto companies. His remarks from the White House on Friday: The result? Wall-to-wall news coverage and a sense of fierce urgency among both Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and President Joe Biden, who has called himself “the most pro-union president in history.” The union has about 150,000 members under contract. Two days ago, the United Auto Workers went on strike at three major auto plants. ![]()
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