Two labor scholars argue that the balance of power between workers and employers, which has been tilted toward employers for nearly a half-century, is beginning to shift.
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Studios say the number is unrealistic − that it amounts to actors not assuming any financial risk for content that flops. But actors simply want to adapt existing payout models to changing technology.
With the TV writers and actors strikes leaving networks with little scripted content, the fall 2023 lineup will be saturated with low-cost reality TV shows like ‘The Voice.’
When unions amass large sums of money to parcel out to workers, it can give them more leverage in negotiations with employers.
Given the hypocritical and exploitative treatment of artists by entertainment industries, do we really have moral obligations to pay for streaming services?
Hollywood has been using artificial intelligence for 20 years. But the current actors’ and writers’ strikes are specifically concerned about generative AI.
Reagan is the only union leader to serve as US President. Paradoxically, he was also one of the most aggressively anti-union presidents of the 20th century.
Some of the ways that streaming has transformed the industry are jeopardizing actors’ livelihoods.
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Director of the Labor Center, UMass Amherst
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Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
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Associate Professor of Management, Penn State
