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I don't understand how unionizing would fix the underlying problem with the VFX industry. Union employees working for a small shop that universal studios can si
by krakensden 13y ago
I don't understand how unionizing would fix the underlying problem with the VFX industry. Union employees working for a small shop that universal studios can sink by reneging on contracts or delaying payment are just as doomed as non-union employees working for a small shop that universal studios doesn't want to pay in full.
- gaius 13y agoBecause once you do that to one union shop, no union shop will work with you. To make it work, you need to have a critical mass on-board.
- talmand 13y agoThese days, critical mass means having the entire world on-board. I just don't see that happening.
- krakensden 13y agoDo you have an example of this happening in other industries? I am skeptical. That, and the dynamics of the market (more suppliers than demand, lots of kids who want in, easy outsourcing) make it hard to maintain a cartel.
- gaius 13y agoIt happens in the movie business! The screenwriters, the actors, all have their guilds. No studio would dare to take on Equity.
- krakensden 13y agoYou're right! I'd totally forgotten about the screenwriters' successful strike. Their situations are still pretty different though, and any new union action always has the looming hammer of the federal government threatening to shut it down.