One issue in the Hollywood stoppage is that talk show and gameshow writers for streamers - including giants like Netflix Inc.

Workers also say past contract deals gave some staff worse terms than peers. “If my work is so important, then why shouldn’t I be properly rewarded for it?” said Portland, Oregon UPS employee Nick Marrapode. UPS Teamsters members haven’t forgotten how “essential” their work was during pandemic lockdowns, and think they should be compensated accordingly. The autoworkers not only want raises but to ensure the people powering the shift to electric cars get the same pay and benefits as other plant workers. Actors and writers want higher base pay and more residuals from streaming shows. Workers across industries are pushing for a bigger share of corporate profits, particularly as inflation has bitten into their paychecks. The details of the current clashes themselves vary, but one thing they have in common is money. “Workers are watching each other and trying to learn from each other,” said Sharon Block, who served in President Barack Obama’s Labor Department and now directs Harvard Law School’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy. Managers often hold up unproductive and costly strikes as a reason to not unionize. If fights end with disappointing deals, they could become cautionary tales. Strikes that lose momentum can leave members divided and disillusioned. Drawn-out stoppages can drain members’ finances - and the unions’ - making it harder to fund other efforts. Similar trends are playing out in other countries: A cost-of-living crisis has unions across Europe flexing their muscles, with the the UK losing the most working days to strikes in decades.Įven the launch of strikes could galvanize non-union workers, but the move doesn’t come without risks. “This will be the biggest moment of striking, really, since the 1970s,” said labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein, who directs the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy.Įven before the 100,000-plus actors joined in last week, both the number of strikes and workers on strike were up in the first half of this year, according to Bloomberg Law labor data. And while logistics experts and financial analysts expected the Teamsters to reach a deal with UPS, their confidence has dwindled as the July 31 deadline approaches. analyst put the odds of a United Auto Workers strike at more than 90%. and Detroit’s Big Three automakers are poised to join them in coming weeks if contract negotiations fall through. The combined actors and writers strikes in Hollywood are already a once-in-a-generation event.

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