Workers get killed and injured every day on the job: just the daily toll the “free market” exacts for the glory of CEOs and their enrichment. Mostly, no one goes to jail–sound familiar?–because the laws of the country make it virtually impossible to hold anyone criminally liable when a worker dies. Today, a small tiny bit of justice was done in the case of Sarah Jones.
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A Bit Of Justice: Hollywood Director Gets 10-Year Sentence In Sarah Jones Death
Posted on 09 March 2015.
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Hollywood Unions on The Chopping Block?
Posted on 28 November 2011.
I recall walking the picket lines in the sleet and rain in 2007-2008 during the Writer Guild strike. And now it seems like we might be in for another round: Bitter disputes over health and pension payments to union members have created plenty of drama in states and cities this year. But do not […]
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A Deal For SAG–A Prelude To More Strife?
Posted on 10 June 2009.
After many months of internal debate, members of the Screen Actors Guild said "yes" to a new contract with the big studios: Members of the Screen Actors Guild have voted overwhelmingly to approve a new contract with the major Hollywood studios, ending a nearly year-long standoff. The delay resulted in the union’s missing out […]
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SAG Turmoil–Sigh, Again…
Posted on 20 August 2008.
On Monday, Reuters had this piece: Tensions Mount Inside Actors Union Over Contract By REUTERS Filed at 9:28 p.m. ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Tensions within the Screen Actors Guild mounted on Monday as the union’s Hollywood-based leaders rejected a call by SAG’s New York branch to bring in a federal mediator to break […]
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