SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America West are among more than 20 labor organizations lobbying for passage of a bill pending in the California legislature that would make striking workers in t…

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    Absolutely fucking not. What fucking idiot thought this was a good idea? You’re having problems with your employer you can quit and get unemployment or you can get your union to pay. What the fuck do these people think union dues are for? Wine?

    “Lets burden the taxpayer because my employer is an asshole”

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      Or, you know, let’s not massively increase the homeless population, costing the taxpayer a hell of a lot more.

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      It’s already law in New York and New Jersey. And the studios have already said their plan is to drag things out so much the writers start losing their homes.

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        Doesn’t change the fact the burden shouldn’t be on the taxpayer when you literally have a union.

        The free market wonder of the US means that you can leave the industry or make your own studio to compete.