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The the writers strike already has at least one icon—and she’s not a writer. Lindsay Dougherty is a Teamster boss who heads up Local 399. She said Teamster trucks would not cross picket lines. And she sent a raucous message that rang out through Hollywood: “What I’d like to say to the studios is: If you want to fuck around, you’re gonna find out." HTTPS://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/05/meet-the-writers-strikes-secret-weapon-hollywood-teamsters-boss-lindsay-dougherty
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in reply to Will Robinson

Funny how adept the mainstream press are to finding potential systempunkts in class struggles.
in reply to Will Robinson

Even better, when one union strikes, all unions strike. End of right wing madness in one day.
in reply to Will Robinson

Her stance on this is impressive. In general, the studios will try to walk over everyone in turn so she’s helping out the people getting hit at the moment to hopefully raise the bar going forward. The more painful this becomes for the studios, the less likely it is to recur in the near term…
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Florida Ted
Steves, do you have any skin in the game?
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Florida Ted
Let me rephrase: do you stand to lose anything if wealthy corporations continue to put pressure on wages and benefits for workers?

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in reply to Will Robinson

this is one of those people I’m glad is on our side and not the bosses side
in reply to Will Robinson

Not crossing the picket lines is great! Going on a parallel sympathy strike is even better.