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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by WorkerBee28474 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:00PM (#36923962)
Yeah. There are so many people who move to LA with the dream of becoming a movie star, why isn't it possible to just fire the entire union and hire new actors?

I'm sure it's more difficult than that, but if there were one industry where it was possible, due to massive lines of people waiting to fill those roles and become famous, I think it would be acting.

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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by nradov on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:52PM (#36924440)
It's not as easy as just hiring new non-union actors. Quality matters, and most of the actual good actors that audiences want to see are union members. And other unions will usually refuse to cross a picket line or work with scabs so producers would also have to hire non-union crews, drivers, and writers.

There are non-union productions. But those are mainly smaller independent projects which never bring in much revenue.

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