#david slack

[fans4wga]

26 September: thread by WGA member David Slack

Twitter thread by David Slack @/slack2thefuture:

"As WGA leaders meet today to finalize our deal, we begin a new era for writers — and for labor in our industry. But we also begin to face the final and most insidious form of unionbusting propaganda: a years-long effort to sell the lie that our strike was not worth it.

Over the coming days, months, and years, the studios, streamers, and their surrogates will take every opportunity to undermine what we have won together. They will seize on the inevitable consessions and compromises made by our NegCom as proof that we “failed.”

They will urge us to overlook all that we won through hard work and unwavering solidarity. They will claim it wasn’t enough, that we should have gotten X instead of Y, that we lost more by striking than we gained in this new contract. And they will be wrong.

They will tell us that the strike was unnecessary, it was a waste of our time and our savings, that our agents or managers or lawyers could have gotten us everything we won through individual negotiations without anyone having to walk a picket line. Well… then why didn’t they?

As hard as it is to believe right now, these lies can work. They’ve worked before. During our 2017 strike authorization vote, it was shocking to discover how many members believed we lost the ‘07-08 strike, in which we went on strike for the internet — and won the internet.

This didn’t happen by accident. It was the result of years of whispering by studios and anti-union allies. And they don’t just do it because they’re bitter about losing. They push the lie that we used our power and lost because they hope to stop us from using our power to win.

Our strike was necessary because, in our individual negotiations, our employers consistently refused to acknowledge our right and reasonable demands. Because the profound changes we needed could only be won through the unique and overwhelming power of collective bargaining.

Our strike was necessary because our employers made it necessary by driving our income down 23% in 10 years. Because they refused to address free work in features, streaming coverage in comedy-variety, the abuses of mini-rooms and the threat of AI until we withheld our labor

Our strike was necessary. Our strike was effective. Our strike is a victory. If anyone tries to tell you otherwise, it’s ‘cause they never want to see us stand up for ourselves again. Don’t believe it. We won this fight. We’re the WGA, and when we fight, we win. #WGAStrong"

#wga strike #writers strike #union solidarity #i stand with the wga #sag-aftra strike #actors strike #wga strong #current events #david slack #long post #fans4wga

[aquitainequeen]

Thoughts from David Slack on 'AI' and copyright

(the voice theft in particular is really depressing)

#wga strike #wga strong #AI MUST be regulated #writer's guild of america strike #writer's guild of america #david slack #copyright #anyone familiar with me will know how I hate and love copyright #long post

[thefirsthogokage]

Fuck AMPTP and the bullshit going on. I'm tired, might not do this well:

(link to article in above picture) From The Article

Receiving positive feedback from Wall Street since the WGA went on strike May 2, Warner Bros Discovery, Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Paramount and others have become determined to “break the WGA,” as one studio exec blatantly put it.

To do so, the studios and the AMPTP believe that by October most writers will be running out of money after five months on the picket lines and no work.

“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. Acknowledging the cold-as-ice approach, several other sources reiterated the statement. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.”

The studios and streamers’ next think financially strapped writers would go to WGA leadership and demand they restart talks before what could be a very cold Christmas. In that context, the studios and streamers feel they would be in a position to dictate most of the terms of any possible deal.

[Image IDs: Twitter thread by David Slack posted July 12th, 2023 that reads in totality:

And right on cue, here’s the inevitable Deadline article claiming that the AMPTP and their CEO bosses are ready to wait us out and let us “go broke.”

They’re not. They can’t. This studio propaganda, and here’s why.

In the increasingly mega-merged and hedgefundified Hollywood, these companies live or die on their quarterly earnings reports. It only takes one bad quarter for their stock price to plunge, putting the company and the CEO’s job in jeopardy.

But their stock prices are holding steady, right? Right. For now. Because our industry is a pipeline that starts with writers. The TV and movies they’re releasing now are shows we started making for them 4-12 quarters ago. But what happens when that pipeline runs dry?

What happens is they run out of product. No new shows in streaming to drive and sustain subscribers. No new shows in broadcast and ad-supported to bring in ad revenue.

No shows, no money.

No money, bad earnings report.

Bad earnings report, bye-bye stock price. Bye-bye CEO.

After 70+ days with no writers to create their product for them, the pipeline is running dry.

Their stock price isn’t tanking yet. But if they don’t make a deal with us, it will.

And they know it.

If they make a deal soon, they might be able to weather it. Stretch out releases. Rush some new stuff through.

But the longer they keep us out, the longer that pipeline runs dry, the more unavoidable a catastrophic dip in new high-quality shows becomes.

And they know it.

So yeah, the studios are planting articles in the trades that make it sound like they’re so determined not to pay us the 0.02% of company revenues we’re asking for that they’re willing to hold out forever.

Bullshit.

I’m sure the AMPTP bosses would love to break our union. But they love their jobs more. They love money more. They can’t make that money without us.

And they know it.

Ignore the trades, walk the line, stand together, and win. #WGAStrong

/End ID]

Bonus: John Rogers' Reaction

[Image ID: A tweet from John Rogers that he posted July 12th, 2023 that reads:

I was trying to be cool and professional about this strike, but this AMPTP “we want to drive them to homelessness” shit means I’m going to be dug in at WB Gate 4 like Hiroo Onada. They’re gonna have to send @ellenstutzman with a bullhorn to order me out of the bushes.

The second image is Ellen Stutzman's Twitter bio that says:

Cheif Negotiator for WGA MBA, Assistant Executive Director, Writers Guild of America, West; Cornell ILR and UCLA Anderson alum. Views are my own.

/End ID]

EDIT: Please see the update on this HERE

#david slack #wga strike #wga strong #john rogers

[nerds-yearbook]

On July 19, 2003, the highly regarded "Teen Titans" cartoon premiered. It featured the villain Slade Wilson (Deathstroke) sending some new recruits from H.A.E.Y.P./H.I.V.E. (Gizmo, Jynx, and Mammoth) to battle the Teen Titans (Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, and Starfire). ("Final Exam", Teen Titans, TV, Event)

#nerds yearbook #tv #july #2003 #first appearance #dc #dc comics #teen titans #rob hoegee #david slack #glen murakami #michael chang #greg cipes #beast boy #tara strong #scott menville #robin #khary payton #cyborg #ron pearlman #slade wilson #hynden walch #starfire #deathstroke #kevin michael richardson #mammoth #lauren tom #jinx #gizmo #cartoon

[expelliarmus]

#mine #doctor who #dwedit #david tennant #catherine tate #bernard cribbins #:D #my second week of summer break has started #and i've been slacking on the gif making!!! but it's been busy #(surprisingly!!!) #anyways i hope you've all been well :')

[emberglowfox]

engineering nerd vs Kibby Cat

#been slacking on my guys. and art in general. here's a low-effort comic gradient maps carried #steelheart redux #my comics #my art #zarian #david manalo #arthur steele #id in alt #first time trying to id a comic hopefully its sufficient. if not lmk and ill adjust #anyways david is fascinated by zarian early on cause thats like. Retro Tech kinda that most people do not live to observe #“”“retro”“” its like 15 ish years old but tbf that tech advanced fast haha

[neyxmessi]

#@neymar ur fucking slacking #leo messi #david beckham #rodrigo de paul #rodressi #I think #or rodriguessi idk

[emotinalsupportturtle]

okay is it just me or has anyone wondered why there aren't there any feral michael sheen tweets yet?

#michael has been slacking #good omens #michael sheen #david tennant #neil gaiman #good omens season 3 #i mean i haven't seen anything #i might just be extremely uninformed #but by now i would've expected to see something usually

[supahstarrr]

i was interested in there being a "rebel" character in the game, or well, a revolutionist! though one thing that throws me off about him is the fact that he just cannot consider david being secretive about his true personality. and out of all the characters, you'd probablyyy most likely guess as xander to be more open-minded to whether or not david's hiding a lot about his true attitude, because xander is constantly fighting systems that may appear to not have anything wrong with it first until you look deeper and see how corrupt many systems in the world are. yet it feels as if with xander, what he stand for isn't consistent.

#danganronpa despair time #dr thoughts #sunny's thoughts #by the way!! this is my first time watching the series so uh yeah im at ep 3. some of my thoughts might change lolol #honestly if xander is going to be the main one being the ''david is okay!! hes just a silly positive uwu guy'' THROUGHOUT the game #i will get annoyed real quick. like xander be serious with me bruv #i guess i should cut him some slack. like he's uhhh 14-15??? i think....? #um someone tell me their ages im confused. like is there going to be the classic twist of them being adults that lost their memories #by the way if anyone see this #im okay with spoilers about the casts' ages and if everything is fake or a simulation #just dont get too specific with spoilers lol. like who's dying and shit #yeah but anyway if he's ACTUALLY 14-15 then i guess ill have to cut him someee slack. like its unfair to expect consistency in teens lol #BUTTT it just would be really interesting to see a revolutionist/activist type of character in danganronpa games #theres so much depth and ways you can go to them. and it would be so interesting to see how they navigate the killing game #anyways nuogjnmpg i need to shut my mouth goodday

[crisis-on-infinite-batblogs]

Gotham S3xE11

"Don't. Let. Go."

#I don't get why we don't talk about this show more #it's kind of great #unadulterated camp and bad jokes and high drama? #Gotham #Bruce Wayne #selina kyle #David Mazouz #Camren Bicondova #also I haven't made a gif since I was in middle school so cut me some slack if the quality is questionable

[fans4wga]

SUPPORT SAG-AFTRA

Find a picket line near you

Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund

#sag-aftra strike #sag strike #actors strike #hollywood strikes #wga strike #writers strike #union solidarity #fans4wga #david slack #id in alt

[aquitainequeen]

SOLIDARITY WORKS!!!

#wga strike #wga strong #sag-aftra strike #sag-aftra strong #david slack #joe russo

[thefirsthogokage]

It's a drop in the hat. They should be asking for so much more.

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#david slack #john rogers #wga strike #wga #wga strong #michael robin

[spider-man-2o99]

I was not conscious when reading 2099 is the talking horse a thing that happened in the mainline book?

yup, the panels i most recently posted are from SM2099 v1 #29!

#talking tag #asks #Ive been slacking too much on putting credits under panels lately. need 2 just save a form 2 drafts... #the talking horse bit is a reference to an old black & white TV show called Mr. Ed #PAD (Peter David) likes putting pre-90s pop culture refs in his comics for the sake of a gag he does it a lot

[definitionsfading]

I haven’t seen anybody else on tumblr share this despite how adorable they are, so! Olive and Georgia together before Olive’s big win for her part in Belfast at the National Film Awards [x]

#I would've retweeted it but I can't find anything in the tags! #y'all are slacking #georgia tennant #olive tennant #david tennant

[debbiechanclub]

I have a lot of thoughts about the fashion choices at the G1 Climax 33 press conference

#the fact that alex rolled up in a tank top and dress slacks #sanada looks like a drug lord #david looked good that's what matters to me