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The SAG-AFTRA strike is over!

2023/11/15
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Yasmin Gagne：分享了她作为演员和工会成员的经验，并强调了工会在改善演艺行业环境方面所做的努力。她还表达了她对工会的支持，并提到工会为她争取到了大幅加薪，改变了她的生活。 Josh Christensen：表达了他对工会的支持，并分享了他对工会组织者的看法。 Morgan Clendaniel：详细介绍了SAG-AFTRA罢工的背景、原因、经过以及达成的协议。她分析了罢工的准备工作、谈判过程、工会成员投票的重要性以及AI和流媒体对演员报酬的影响等问题。她还讨论了Fran Drescher在罢工中的作用、工会参与率的现状以及其他可能发生的罢工事件。她还谈到了罢工期间发生的各种奇特事件，例如演员们为了保持曝光度而进行的另类宣传活动。 Yasmin Gagne：讨论了Fran Drescher在罢工中的作用，以及工会与企业高管之间日益紧张的关系。 Josh Christensen：讨论了漫威电影的票房表现，并分析了观众的“漫威疲劳”和反“觉醒文化”情绪等因素。 Morgan Clendaniel：讨论了纽约市长埃里克·亚当斯的一句名言，以及拉斯维加斯餐饮业工人的罢工事件。

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The SAG-AFTRA strike began in July due to failed contract negotiations with major studios. The strike aimed to demonstrate the union's seriousness about new contract terms, focusing on AI protections and streaming compensation. After 118 days, a new deal was reached, pending member approval.

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After 118 days, the SAG-AFTRA strike finally came to a close. Fast Company deputy digital editor Morgan Clendaniel breaks down what happened this past summer with the strike, as well as the overall state of unions at the moment. As of airing this episode, the union’s national board approved the new contract with major studios and sent it to membership for ratification.

“I’m completely uninterested in building small things.” Emma Grede has started a LOT of businesses. Probably best known for cofounding Good American, Emma is also a founding partner at Skims. For her, when it comes to starting a business, it’s never about who she’s going to partner with but rather what problem are we solving: What are we trying to do, and how do we uniquely align that with the right individual at the time?

As she was starting out, Emma worked with some of the biggest brands in the world, including Dior, Chanel, and Calvin Klein. She said that gave her a kind of unique understanding and perspective, but also a clear insight into what she considers one of the best accelerators: fame. “I was very, very early in influencer marketing, and I think that we’ve seen enough celebrities create brands and fail or create brands and not have success like Good American and Skims and Safely to know that it isn’t talent alone [that’s] going to propel a brand.”

For more MIC behind-the-scenes, check out Yaz at @yazzyg on Instagram and Josh @joshuagchris on TikTok!