IASTE Hollywood Strike Looming (Update: Averted? )

[thechase]

In the skies over Hollywood a small plane pulls a banner reading "vote yes".

On a monitor on a movie set, the same words are scrawled on a piece of luminous tape.

On a crane hoisting bits of scenery into place, the same slogan is emblazoned in big letters.

The workers are angry about their pay and conditions

That simple message is at the heart of a dispute which could shut down movie and television production across the United States within days.

The 60,000 members of the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) are voting this weekend on whether to authorise the first strike in the union's history.

If it goes ahead it would be the biggest private sector strike in the US for decades and would cripple much of the country's entertainment industry

news.sky.com/story/hollywoods-behind-the-scenes-workers-could-cripple-the-entertainment-industry-with-strike-12423544

[Milkman Norm]

IASTE members have been treated like crap for years. I'm in full support of a strike.

[Display Name]

Totally support the strike, but hope it doesn’t last long, because I JUST started doing security gigs for productions a few weeks back.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

I support this action 100%

[The Captain]

Reading some of the stories from IATSE members, the conditions sound completely barbaric. Makes you wonder how much worse the non-union jobs are.

[Bang Bang Bart]

The IATSE strike does make me curious how much it'll affect wrestling shows.

(FTR, I support it.)

[thechase]

Oct 3, 2021 13:10:59 GMT -5 Bang Bang Bart said:

The IATSE strike does make me curious how much it'll affect wrestling shows.

(FTR, I support it.)

House show fancam to the rescue!

[burdette25159]

I guess the strike is good news for animation and international productions especially those made by non american english speaking countries. If the strike lasts a very long time, networks and film studios will have to rely on foreign acquisitions and dub non english movies with the voices of big name stars

[thechase]

twitter.com/IATSE/status/1445039575743750144?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[The Captain]

IATSE is on strike.

[Deleted]

Good on them fully in support of the strike since I heard about it last week.

Gonna be real fun times to see how long this lasts now.

[Deleted]

So as someone who doesn't super closely follow Hollywood stuff, does this mean its gonna be like a few years back where there were no tv shows and movies being made for a little while?

[Koda, Master Crunchyroller]

Oct 4, 2021 14:31:22 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

So as someone who doesn't super closely follow Hollywood stuff, does this mean its gonna be like a few years back where there were no tv shows and movies being made for a little while?

If the strike actually goes forward? Most likely, yes. If the strike actually genuinely happens, it is going to seize up all active productions that use members of the union.

[Deleted]

Oct 4, 2021 14:31:22 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

So as someone who doesn't super closely follow Hollywood stuff, does this mean its gonna be like a few years back where there were no tv shows and movies being made for a little while?

Yes any and everything that has not finished production will be shut down.

The entire entertainment industry will stop.

[thechase]

Just to be clear...the strike's been approved, but there's still final negotiations going on. A deal can still be struck.

[Deleted]

Oct 4, 2021 14:46:04 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Oct 4, 2021 14:31:22 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

So as someone who doesn't super closely follow Hollywood stuff, does this mean its gonna be like a few years back where there were no tv shows and movies being made for a little while?

Yes any and everything that has not finished production will be shut down.

The entire entertainment industry will stop.

I actually kinda look forward to it as long as sports and pro wrestling continue. After the last strike and then the Covid shutdown, people seemed creatively reinvigorated.

[WoodStoner1]

I hope this is resolved. For the good of the people in the business and the people entertained by them.

We've had a lot as it is that's hurt the entertainment industry in the last 1.5 years.

[burdette25159]

Oct 4, 2021 14:46:04 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Oct 4, 2021 14:31:22 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

So as someone who doesn't super closely follow Hollywood stuff, does this mean its gonna be like a few years back where there were no tv shows and movies being made for a little while?

Yes any and everything that has not finished production will be shut down.

The entire entertainment industry will stop.

What are the actors going to do during the strike? Voice over work? What are studios going to do? Acquire, dub and reedit forign movies? What are networks going to do? Show more live sports and having to rely on forign shows (even Japanese Anime airing on US broadcast OTA TV?)

[wildojinx]

I wonder if the studios will start releasing films (and tv shows) that were completed but have never been released just to fill up the slots for the films and shows that were shut down.

[Lance Uppercut]

Oct 4, 2021 14:59:56 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

Oct 4, 2021 14:46:04 GMT -5 @sigmax said:

Yes any and everything that has not finished production will be shut down.

The entire entertainment industry will stop.

I actually kinda look forward to it as long as sports and pro wrestling continue. After the last strike and then the Covid shutdown, people seemed creatively reinvigorated.

The other good thing about the Covid lockdown last year was that I caught up on a lot of shows I stopped watching. It was good to catch up