#labor organizing

[quintin]

It is with great joy that I get to share this version of the breaking news meme

#destiel #destiel news #UPS strike #UPS strike update #UPS Teamsters #teamsters #labor union #strike tea #strikes #labor organizing

[iww-gnv]

The Animation Guild has succeeded in its bid to establish a union in Texas. Austin-headquartered Powerhouse Animation Studios (Castlevania, Sonic Frontiers: Divergence) has voluntarily recognized a bargaining unit of 129 artists and production workers that sought to join the IATSE Local, the union announced on Thursday. TAG first started unionizing animation studios outside of L.A. County in 2022 with its push at Harriet the Spy studio Titmouse New York, but its new union at Powerhouse Animation marks its first in a so-called “right-to-work” state.

#unions #union strong #labor organizing #labor union #the animation guild #news

[dakotadanger]

✊🏻

#union solidarity #labor organizing

[cyarsk52-20]

Fran Drescher out there spitting fire. We are officially on strike. Raise your hand if you stand in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA.

#sag aftra #screen actors guild #wga #writers guild of america #writers strike #wga strike #sag strike #Strike #labor organizing #labor unions #unionize #labor rights #union #pay your writers #fran drescher

[jodipickens]

We under value and take for granted artists as a society. I’m talking all artists…writers, actors, musicians, dancers, designers, painters, sculptors…the list is endless.

The commonality is that they all have either spent their time honing their skills through practice, lessons, education or all of the above. Artists dedicate their time and often their lives to their craft.

We are failing our artists. Symphony orchestras are failing across the US. Writers and actors are on strike. People involved in the fine arts are turning to independent sales. We need to shift our expectations.

We need creatives as a part of our society. What we don’t need is the expectation that artists should work for free or for a paltry income. Simply because an artist enjoys performing or creating doesn’t mean they should have to do so for nothing.

We also no longer live in an era where it is standard that the extremely wealthy build museums or libraries or fund performing arts groups. We live in an era of amassing extreme wealth for the minority of the population.

I get that profitability is important, but at what cost? Are we ok that artists can’t afford health insurance? Are we ok that artists are leaving our communities for other opportunities? Are we ok that companies are ready to use AI over humans for creative processes and performance?

I’m not ready for any of this. We will lose a significant part of our humanity by eliminating and discouraging the ability to thrive for artists. Change can be hard but change is what is needed.

We are experiencing the beginning of a labor revolution and it will not stop with our writers, actors, UPS drivers or Starbucks baristas. The peasants are fed up and the nobility needs to pay attention.

Support your local artists. Support independent artists. Support the striking unions and organizations. We can all play a part in creating a long lasting effective change.

#WGAstrong #SAGAFTRAstrong #Unionstrong #BeLoud

#sag aftra strong #wga strike #support wga #support sag aftra #labor unions #support unions #labor organizing #labor movement #artistsupport #support the arts #union strong #labor strike

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Tech workers spent a whole generation conceiving of themselves as entrepreneurs who bargained, nerd-to-nerd, with other entrepreneurs who needed workers as much as workers needed paychecks.

These workers allowed themselves to be convinced that being “extremely hardcore” — that is, working body- and mind-ruining hours (without overtime pay) was a badge of honor.

They let themselves believe that their bosses gave them gourmet cafeteria food, “on-campus” fitness centers and daycare because they were valued workers — and not because this created the conditions where workers could be induced to put in longer hours without additional pay.

They conceived of themselves as ascetic monks, a priesthood that labored every hour God sent to bring digitization to the world. Meanwhile, their bosses’ wealth soared, even as their own working conditions deteriorated.

Tech workers may be prone to the same rationalization and self-deception as the rest of us, but (like the rest of us), they aren’t fools. Anything that can’t go on forever will eventually stop.

As conditions and prospects worsened, tech workers’ identities as workers emerged from a generation-long coma. They penned manifestos, walked off the job, and formed unions.

-The proletarianization of tech workers: If there is hope, it is in the proles

#eric flint #science fiction #tech workers #labor #unions #there is power in the union #sf #labor organizing #proletarianization

[wildwren]

hey y'all, since it's spotify wrapped season, can i beg a moment of your time? no, im not about to get on a soapbox about spotify. spotify sucks but that's not what i want to talk about.

did you know that most recording artists in the united states don't have the legal right to organize a union? some musicians are unionized as part of SAG-AFTRA or the American Federation of Musicians (for instrumental musicians), but lyricists and composers are classified as "independent contractors." This decision was handed down by the national labor relations board in 1984 and has not been overturned.

this means that musicians cannot organize or negotiate for better deals from, for instance, spotify, without the threat of being sued due to antitrust laws. musicians who are not represented by a major label or who are not part of a large musical organization such as an orchestra have very little bargaining power. source

fixing this situation will take a lot of work -- there's not a single easy solution. but in an era where we're seeing union growth and historic labor wins, i think now is the time to dream big. musicians need to organize ourselves on the ground to create collective power. we also need wider political interest and momentum around the necessity of musicians' rights.

this isn't time for you to say "yea im never gonna pay full price for music, sorry" or "musicians just have to accept that the market's saturated and devalued." this is time for us to try to envision a music industry where artists can be compensated for their creative labor and music can still remain accessible and easy to discover. changing the labor situation in the united states is just one piece of changing a global music industry, but it could have a big impact on the future.

if you're in the united states, there are two active efforts that you can ask your representatives to support -- one congressional bill introduced by Deborah Ross, and a resolution introduced by Rashida Tlaib.

H.R. 5576 - Protect Working Musicians Act of 2023 - sponsored by Artist Rights Alliance

H.Con.Res. 102 - Resolution for a new Streaming Royalty - sponsored by United Musicians and Allied Workers

i know there is so much to organize around right now. but if you're in the united states and have predominantly used spotify this year, or posted about spotify wrapped, please take a moment to send a message to your representatives about these bills. all you need to do is fill in your info, the letters are already written for you.

and please share this widely. thank you!!

#musicians #musicians of tumblr #spotify #spotify wrapped #labor rights #labor organizing #labor unions #united musicians and allied workers #artist rights alliance

[victusinveritas]

#the outbursts of everett true #comic #labor organizing

[anthrotulip]

As we in the US begin to reach what is traditionally the start of TV seasons and the strike continues. I am imploring people to remember who they actually should be angry with and it’s not the writers or actors. The production entrainment corporations and studios are pretty much flat out refusing to negotiate. They are trying to wait this out so they give can as little as and public opinion is factor in that. They want you to think the writers and actors are being petty and greedy. They aren’t; they trying to ensure that we still have a professional entrainment industry in 10 years where making a living is feasible.

I get that we all want to know that cliffhanger gets resolved, if that character is actually dead, new content cannon content, etc. but without an equitable agreement mitigating on current issues there is a lot to lose. If the corporations and studios win writers’and actors’ control and influence on will erode more and the industry will continue to make decisions that often come down when it comes to renewals, representation, and story based on primarily on profit over quality.

The demands overall have been more than reasonable. However, the executives and owners have not only refused to negotiate in good faith they have mostly refused to negotiate at all. The narrative that there will be no new show or work until the writers/actors decide to call off the strike is a false one. Studios and owners can stop this anytime they want by agreeing to pay members appropriately and treat them basic respect instead of excoriating their labor for every profit they can. Stay angry but know/remember who you should actually be angry with.

#writer strike #wga solidarity #wga strike #sag strike #sga #sga strike #labor rights #labor organizing #capitalism is the problem #support unions #eat the rich #live

[palms-upturned]

Hey everyone! I have set up a mutual aid fund for some retail labor organizing efforts I’m currently spearheading. (though since the union has not been declared/filed for yet, I have to be a little hush hush 🤫)

As essential as labor unions are, they don’t always provide the funds necessary for laborers to do the organizing work required to get everyone to join the union. And especially in retail work where everyone is so severely overworked and underpaid, and everyone is on shift schedules that conflict with one another, and the turnover is so high, it’s really fuckin hard to do that work. Mutual aid efforts to meet the immediate material needs of the workers is so important to creating conditions where that work can get done. Having the funds to rent out a space big enough for everyone to meet up, or to provide food at meetings, or to help cover transportation costs, or to hire a babysitter for a night, or to get someone’s prescription refilled so that they feel well enough to join in, etc etc, makes a huge difference.

You can donate to our fund below! Thank you for the support ✊

Link: https://donorbox.org/labor-organizing-in-atx-area

#labor organizing #union strong #pro union #pls be discreet 🤫

[insteading]

Before I forget about this: The moment when Stede sees that Spanish Jackie has taken the jar in which the Revenge crew had deposited their earnings hits different following a long Writers' Guild strike, during a SAG-AFTRA strike, and shortly after HBO Max had to reload their behind-the-scenes video for Our Flag Means Death without the anti-union sentiment everyone was mentioning in the comments.

Our Flag Means We Speak Up About Wage Theft.

#labor organizing #we talk it through as a bargaining unit #stede bonnet #the revenge crew #here for the solidarity #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2e1

[iww-gnv]

Visual effects crews at Marvel Studios today filed for a unionization election with the National Labor Relations Board, with a supermajority of Marvel’s more than 50-worker crew having signed authorization cards saying they want to be represented by IATSE. “We are witnessing an unprecedented wave of solidarity that’s breaking down old barriers in the industry and proving we’re all in this fight together,” said IATSE President Matthew Loeb. “That doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Entertainment workers everywhere are sticking up for each other’s rights, that’s what our movement is all about. I congratulate these workers on taking this important step and using their collective voice.” According to the union, “this marks the first time VFX professionals have joined together to demand the same rights and protections as their unionized colleagues in the film industry.”

#news #unions #labor organizing #hollywood #vfx #vfx union #cgi #hot strike summer #labor unions

[jonasgoonface]

some work I’ve done for AWI and OZZ Inicjatywa Pracownicza. Fuck amazon. No win without a fight.

#amazon #union #AWI #strike #picket #workers rights #IWW #labor organizing #anarcho syndicalism #poland

[cyarsk52-20]

This is what Hollywood gets for not paying their writers enough money. Now for the rest of the year and probably for next few years the only thing that is new is reality tv shows because writers aren’t getting paid

Imagine being this greedy that you prefer shutting down your own industry instead of listening to legit requests made by the people that are the reason you producers make so much money

#sag aftra #screen actors guild #wga #writers guild of america #writers strike #wga strike #sag strike #Strike #labor organizing #labor unions #unionize #labor rights #union #pay your writers

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Starbucks workers are going on strike on the chain's busiest day of the year. Find an event near you to support if you can.

#hot strike fall #unions #labor unions #labor organizing #protests #starbucks #support workers #strikes #labor strikes

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Remember when tech workers dreamed of working for a big company for a few years, before striking out on their own to start their own company that would knock that tech giant over?

Then that dream shrank to: work for a giant for a few years, quit, do a fake startup, get acqui-hired by your old employer, as a complicated way of getting a bonus and a promotion.

Then the dream shrank further: work for a tech giant for your whole life, get free kombucha and massages on Wednesdays.

And now, the dream is over. All that’s left is: work for a tech giant until they fire your ass, like those 12,000 Googlers who got fired six months after a stock buyback that would have paid their salaries for the next 27 years.

We deserve better than this. We can get it.

-The proletarianization of tech workers: If there is hope, it is in the proles

#eric flint #science fiction #tech workers #labor #unions #there is power in the union #sf #labor organizing #proletarianization