> President Joe Biden applauded SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP for reaching a tentative deal to end the actors’ strike, praising the sacrifices that SAG members made in going on strike.
>”Collective bargaining works,” the Thursday statement began. “I applaud SAG-AFTRA and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for working together in good faith towards an agreement that allows our entertainment industry to continue telling the stories of America. When both sides come to the table to negotiate in earnest they can make businesses stronger and allow workers to secure pay and benefits that help them raise families and retire with dignity.”
> Biden compared the actors’ strike to the “historic victories” that other laborers have won over the last few years.
>”Over the last three years, workers have won historic victories that ensure record pay, record benefits, and an economy that grows from the middle out and bottom up,” he continued. “SAG-AFTRA members will have the final say on this contract, but the sacrifices they’ve made will ensure a better future for them, their families, and all workers who deserve a fair share of the value they helped create.”
I love having an intelligent, understandable and humane President. Such a contrast from the things you’d hear from the former.
Collective bargaining works as long as you’re not a railroad worker, and congress and the president derail your bargaining.
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> President Joe Biden applauded SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP for reaching a tentative deal to end the actors’ strike, praising the sacrifices that SAG members made in going on strike.
>”Collective bargaining works,” the Thursday statement began. “I applaud SAG-AFTRA and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for working together in good faith towards an agreement that allows our entertainment industry to continue telling the stories of America. When both sides come to the table to negotiate in earnest they can make businesses stronger and allow workers to secure pay and benefits that help them raise families and retire with dignity.”
> Biden compared the actors’ strike to the “historic victories” that other laborers have won over the last few years.
>”Over the last three years, workers have won historic victories that ensure record pay, record benefits, and an economy that grows from the middle out and bottom up,” he continued. “SAG-AFTRA members will have the final say on this contract, but the sacrifices they’ve made will ensure a better future for them, their families, and all workers who deserve a fair share of the value they helped create.”
I love having an intelligent, understandable and humane President. Such a contrast from the things you’d hear from the former.
Collective bargaining works as long as you’re not a railroad worker, and congress and the president derail your bargaining.