strike action
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2023 Was the Year Companies Found Out
Even though every year has managed to feel more eventful than the last, 2023 especially was a roller coaster that went extremely off the rails. It feels like something eventful happened at least twice per week (if not considerably more), particularly in the entertainment space. The pair of Hollywood strikes courtesy of the WGA and…
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George R.R. Martin on Why House of the Dragon Is Still Filming During the Strikes
As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA’s strikes march on, one genre production has had perhaps the dubious spotlight for carrying on regardless: HBO’s House of the Dragon. The Game of Thrones prequel’s second season has spent the past few months continuing production in Europe, even as writers have remained off-set and now as actors bring productions…
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People Are Spamming Kellogg’s Job Site in Support of Striking Workers
Kellogg is officially replacing striking workers with permanent scabs, which means that union workers will remain on strike after two months while Kellogg goes about its business. It also means that its job application portal is wide open for thousands upon thousands of resumes from Lorem Ipsum. Reddit and TikTok have obliged.
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Climate Hunger Strike Shows a Dangerous Generational Divide
A group of five young climate activists are entering their ninth day of a hunger strike to demand that Democrats in Congress pass meaningful climate legislation as part of the Build Back Better agenda. Hunger strikes have a long, varied history as a tool to fight injustice and demand rights — but this climate strike…