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Is it pro union, or does it happen to just match union's interests today? I've not seen him mention unions explicitly, neither in search nor perplexity. He did
by viraptor 2y ago
Is it pro union, or does it happen to just match union's interests today? I've not seen him mention unions explicitly, neither in search nor perplexity. He did mention Hollywood finance, but whether he ment helping the workers or helping some studio owner by that is not clear to me. With the current track record of what's dismantled, I'm not sure he cares about IATSE at all. His explanation of the reasons mentions lots of other things though.
- echelon 2y agoTeamsters statement: https://teamster.org/2025/05/teamsters-statement-on-president-trumps-union-job-protecting-film-tariffs/ https://teamster.org/2025/05/teamsters-statement-on-presiden... IATSE statement: https://iatse.net/iatse-on-president-trump-movie-tariff-announcement-u-s-needs-balanced-federal-response-to-return-film-and-tv-jobs/ https://iatse.net/iatse-on-president-trump-movie-tariff-anno... tl;dr - the Teamsters love this. IATSE likes it, but wants to make sure their Canadian membership isn't hurt.
- detaro 2y agoThe cynic in me wonders what will happen once the first billionaire whines to Trump how the unions make returning movies to the US so expensive.
- viraptor 2y agoI was asking about the other direction. Sure it's convenient for IATSE right now, but is Trump thinking about them at all or are they going to be thrown under the bus with the next change/decision?