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Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results by michaelt on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @03:15AM (#19151375)
The way you explain the Hollywood example, it sounds like the star actors are the linchpin of ensuring junior actors and commodity workers get union benefits - and yet, the star actors don't need the union's negotiating power, as their agents negotiate much better rates.

That's all very well for Hollywood, but surely it's a difficult model to kickstart in other industries.

Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results by jogjayr on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @08:51AM (#19153019)
Not necessarily. Every production will need mostly non-star workers. If they're all unionized, the stars have little choice but to sign up or work in the few productions that re non-union. Additionally, the Hollywood model is to sign up stars to unions before they're stars. This is further bolstered by the fact that every trade in Hollywood - directors, writers, producers, technicians and handymen - has its own union.