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Re:US labor board official orders Amazon to redo union vote ... by yardie on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:34PM (#29396417)
> SAG-AFTRA forces productions to give speaking roles to union members and also restricts union eligibility

SAG does not force productions to do anything. The production can either use union or not use union. What they can't do is use cherry pick talent. Your best talent is going to be a SAG member. And since it's a union you either get all or none.

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Re:US labor board official orders Amazon to redo union vote ... by Aunche on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:48PM (#29396584)
>SAG does not force productions to do anything

I'm merely applying the same language people use here to attack corporations.

>And since it's a union you either get all or none.

Everywhere else this would be a clear violation to antitrust.

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Re:US labor board official orders Amazon to redo union vote ... by yladiz on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @03:45PM (#29397253)
> Everywhere else this would be a clear violation to antitrust

What?

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Re:US labor board official orders Amazon to redo union vote ... by Jensson on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @07:10PM (#29399075)
"You either sell only laptops with intel CPU's or we will ship no CPU's to you at all!"

Sounds like a clear antitrust case to me.

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Re:US labor board official orders Amazon to redo union vote ... by TheCoelacanth on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @10:24PM (#29400300)
Exclusivity clauses like that are perfectly legal except in a few rare cases where companies have an unusually high amount of market dominance.
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Re:US labor board official orders Amazon to redo union vote ... by mrkstu on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @11:11PM (#29400570)
"Your best talent is going to be a SAG member." Sounds like market dominance to me.
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Re:US labor board official orders Amazon to redo union vote ... by DarylZero on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @03:30PM (#29408770)
"Union" and "trust" even mean the same thing.
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