I have finished a working paper on my political economic research on strikes in Hollywood. The paper has updated and expanded on some of my earlier posts and presentations on the subject. AbstractThis paper investigates the timing of labour strikes in Hollywood. The occurrence of strikes, such as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023, … Continue reading New working paper: The political economic roots of Hollywood strikes
Abstract This paper investigates the timing of labour strikes in Hollywood. The occurrence of strikes, such as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023, can make sense when we have the hindsight to piece together the historical details of what created rifts between labour and management. But was 2023 a particularly fragile year for contract … Continue reading SCMS Presentation: The Political Economic Roots of Hollywood Strikes, 1950-2023
[ Missed earlier parts of this series? Find Part 1 here and Part 2 here ] Around the time of this post, SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) produced a tentative agreement in their 2023 negotiations. The SAG-AFTRA National Board approved the tentative agreement, and recommends for the ratification of … Continue reading The political economic roots of Hollywood strikes, Part 3
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