Workers are pushing back against forced overtime, punishing schedules or company reliance on lower-paid, part-time or contract forces.Īt issue for Hollywood screenwriters and actors staging their first simultaneous strikes in 40 years is the way streaming has upended entertainment economics, slashing pay and forcing showrunners to produce content faster with smaller teams.
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Overworked and underpaid employees is an enduring complaint across industries - from delivery drivers to Starbucks baristas and airline pilots - where surges in consumer demand have collided with persistent labor shortages.
READ MORE: Strikes rock Hollywood hit by streaming revolution, pandemic standstill Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. NEW YORK (AP) - Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers.īut they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs have changed drastically as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
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