For what it's worth, All Things Considered aired a short piece on this
development, including an interview with a union official. When asked to (I'm
paraphrasing) name the top achievement in the agreement, mentioned fully funded
benefits before pivoting to better working hours.
It's one data point, but it would support Kevin's speculation.
David
On Sunday, October 17, 2021, 09:56:58 PM PDT, Kevin M.
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 9:40 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
I have been following this a bit today as things unfolded online. Any thoughts
as to why Variety and Deadline seemed to be pushing the story initially as
“Strike is over, Union won!”, when so many Union workers almost immediately
panned it as DOA? Are the media outlets in the pockets of producers, or were
they misled by Union Leadership?
My Union (Mental Health workers at Kaiser) is currently voting on a strike
authorization. My impression is that the Union leadership is more radical
(pro-strike) than the membership, though we may well vote fir our third strike
in five years. But I am interested in why (if indeed the case) the leadership
of the ISTSE seems to be more conservative than it’s membership?
My response would be anecdotal, but my friends still in the industry believe
there’s a genuine disconnect between union leadership and those working the
union jobs. It’s not that they screwed up; it’s that the leadership doesn’t
even realize the extent to which they failed the workers. The leadership
thought it was a win, based on what I couldn’t begin to speculate. The biggest
issues — the hours and the pay difference — we’re almost totally ignored. It’s
like sending a spouse to the store for milk but the spouse comes back with
cheese. It might be nice cheese, but they needed milk.
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