The common refrain is that there's nothing Hollywood loves so much as its own history — but that's a history inextricable from its labor movements. The Screen Actors Guild and the Screen Writers Guild, the forerunner to today's Writers Guild of America, were each founded in 1933, though threads of collective action and solidarity run to the very beginnings of the motion picture industry. At its founding, SAG boasted less than two dozen members.
joining union and labor movements. screen writers have been on strike since the screen. bus drivers and teachers have also been on strike this year. president biden had to rally members of congress to avert an economic disaster when many of the country s rail workers threatened to strike during the holidays. where do negotiations with the hospitality workers stabd right now? reporter: right now negotiations are at a standstill. it couldn t happen at a worse time for these hotels, because thousands are coming into los angeles to celebrate the holiday weekend. when they come in here, they ll see thousands of hotel workers on strike across major hotel companies like hilton, also marriott and even the luxury brands as well. right now they re demanding a $5
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