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Inquiry: does this apply to other well-paying unions, such as the actors guild and professional sport players? I’m genuinely asking, because as far as I know th
by SamoyedFurFluff 4y ago
Inquiry: does this apply to other well-paying unions, such as the actors guild and professional sport players? I’m genuinely asking, because as far as I know they are still in existence and regularly ensure better working conditions for their membership without limiting their mobility.
- withinboredom 4y agoMy wife had a client that went on to play in the walking dead. In order for my wife to be able to continue to do her client’s hair, she had to join the actor’s guild and be “licensed” by them and pay dues. So, I’d say they (at least the actors guild) def can reduce your mobility, even say which hair stylists you are and aren’t allowed to use.
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoWell, in order to do her hair for the role. She obviously could style her hair for events in her private life, right? A wedding or whatever? It seems a stretch to say the union interfered with her 'mobility', any more than you can't do plumbing on a public building without having a license etc.
- withinboredom 4y agoThey have hairstylist on site for the role, as well as wigs. But even in her private life, she had to use guild sanctioned hair stylists.
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoI'd need a citation for that. Seems impossible to enforce, and a gross violation of privacy.
- withinboredom 4y agoContracts are amazing… and terrifying. Feel free to send them an email and ask.
- SamoyedFurFluff 4y agoWait so like, your wife got up to do someone’s hair every single day because the person couldn’t brush their own hair according to their union??
- withinboredom 4y agoWe're talking like a normal every 6-weekish haircut. Nothing crazy.
- pdimitar 4y agoI am not saying effective unions don't exist. I am saying that when enough money are in danger [of having to be spent by big companies] that unionization gets under attack with very questionable and shady techniques. I wasn't aware that I have to remind HN of the recent articles, published right on this forum, of evidence that Amazon sabotaged unionization efforts by hiring people who deliberately derail discourse and pump outrage. But alas, apparently people believe only what they want to believe.