Category Archives: Employee Strikes

Hollywood Strikes: Netflix’s AI Job Listing Sparks Outrage

Hollywood Strikes: Netflix’s AI Job Listing Sparks Outrage Deanna Ritchie / Jul 28, 2023   Netflix has faced backlash from Hollywood actors and writers after posting a job ad for an artificial intelligence (AI) expert. The ad, offering an annual salary of up to $ 900,000, has exacerbated concerns among Hollywood unions about the impact … Continue reading Hollywood Strikes: Netflix’s AI Job Listing Sparks Outrage

A UPS strike could be just around the corner. Here’s what it means for you

  By The Associated Press July 24, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — The clock is ticking. As the deadline to reach a new contract nears, a potential UPS strike feels closer than ever. Negotiations broke down earlier this month and unionized workers have been holding rallies and practice pickets across the country. The Teamsters, which represent more … Continue reading A UPS strike could be just around the corner. Here’s what it means for you

Headed to Barbenheimer? Here’s how you can support the Hollywood strike

  By Emily Price July 21, 2023 Between the highly anticipated Barbie and Oppenheimer releases, box office ticket sales are expected to reach some $200 million this weekend. The two big releases also come at a time when both actors and writers in SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild are on strike together for the first … Continue reading Headed to Barbenheimer? Here’s how you can support the Hollywood strike

2023’s summer of strikes is scoring wins for workers—and its just getting started

  By Kim Kelly June 15, 2023 Last week, an upstart digital publication called Business Outsider nabbed its first big White House scoop. Reporter Bryan Metzger didn’t have to lurk around the Rose Garden or muscle his way into a briefing room to get the story, though, because he and his coworkers—and a Biden administration … Continue reading 2023’s summer of strikes is scoring wins for workers—and its just getting started

‘It’s starting to feel like anything is possible’: Comedian Adam Conover on the next phase of the writers’ strike

  By David Salazar June 04, 2023 When comedian and writer Adam Conover started staffing up his 2022 Netflix comedy-documentary series The G Word, which explores the U.S. government, the precarity of Hollywood writers was hard to ignore. Conover recalls a meeting with the show’s producers: One of them noted that, because the show was … Continue reading ‘It’s starting to feel like anything is possible’: Comedian Adam Conover on the next phase of the writers’ strike

Elon Musk reportedly wants to be his employees’ landlord

Elon Musk reportedly wants to be his employees’ landlord   Kris Holt @krisholt Elon Musk is reportedly attempting to build a company town where Tesla, Boring and SpaceX workers might live. The mooted town, which is around 35 miles away from Austin, Texas, would likely be called Snailbrook, The Wall Street Journal reports. The publication unearthed … Continue reading Elon Musk reportedly wants to be his employees’ landlord