> Refusing to accept a deal is akin to acts of violence?
Its not 'refusing to accept a deal', its this:
"βThe endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,β a studio executive told Deadline." [0]
I don't think I can get more hyperbolic than "our stance is we won't talk to them until they're freezing in the streets".
The part that you're not mentioning is that the union members are choosing not to sign the deal, and therefore are freezing in the streets. This sucks for union members, but I don't see how else such negotiations are supposed to work. If there's no threat of either side not accepting a deal, then what leverage does either side have? And if the union doesn't want to accept a deal from the studios, and consequently doesn't want to work, why should the studios continue paying them?
Its not 'refusing to accept a deal', its this:
"βThe endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,β a studio executive told Deadline." [0]
I don't think I can get more hyperbolic than "our stance is we won't talk to them until they're freezing in the streets".
[0] https://deadline.com/2023/07/writers-strike-hollywood-studio...