The Political Economic Roots of Hollywood Strikes (A Series of Blog Posts)

The Political Economic Roots of Hollywood Strikes (A Series of Blog Posts)
McMahon, James. (2023). Notes on Cinema. (Article - Magazine; English).

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https://notesoncinema.com/2023/05/26/the-political-economic-roots-of-hollywood-strikes-part-1/, https://notesoncinema.com/2023/10/02/the-political-economic-roots-of-hollywood-strikes-part-2/, https://notesoncinema.com/2023/11/14/the-political-economic-roots-of-hollywood-strikes-part-3/

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FROM PART 1 (pp. 1-4):

This multi-part blog post investigates the timing of strikes in Hollywood. A strike like the 2023 WGA strike makes sense when we have the hindsight to piece together the issues that built up over the years. But is 2023 a particularly ripe year for contract negotiations to break down? If the labour demands are reasonable, why do studios refuse to agree with them? Or why would job security be “unreasonable” at this point in time? How do we reach a point when studios fight against the labour they (theoretically) need to be creative?

FROM PART 2 (pp. 1-5):

From the post: Around the time of this post, the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) produced a tentative agreement in their 2023 negotiations. The WGA Negotiating Committee, the WGAW Board and WGAE Council all voted unanimously to recommend the agreement on September 26, 2023. As mentioned in Part 1, this series of posts looks at strikes in Hollywood over a period of 50 years. I am keen to analyze the 2023 Hollywood strikes in greater detail, but it will be at least a couple of months before published financial reports cover the period of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023. For now, consider my political economic analysis of strikes in Hollywood to be something that might still apply to what we have witnessed in the last few months. – J

FROM PART 3 (pp. 1-7):
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 the 2023 TV/Theatrical contracts. – J

Language

English

Publication Type

Article - Magazine

Keywords

capital as power differential accumulation HoLlywood profit stagflation strikes

Subject

BN Labour
BN Money & Finance
BN Power
BN Region - North America
BN Business Enterprise
BN Capital & Accumulation
BN Conflict & Violence
BN Cooperation & Collective Action
BN Crisis
BN Culture
BN Distribution

Depositing User

Jonathan Nitzan

Date Deposited

01 Jun 2023 02:11

Last Modified

18 Nov 2023 18:26

URL:

https://bnarchives.yorku.ca/id/eprint/787

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