(Updated with more deal details) After almost five months, the Writers Guild’s strike will be officially over at 12:01 am Wednesday. “Today, your Negotiating Committee, the WGAW Board a…
Always said to see new headlines pushing the narrative that the strikes over just because there’s a proposal. Until the rank and file vote, calling it a tentative deal seems like an overstatement that only serves to build the narrative to attack the workers later when they don’t accept it. Use headlines to oversell how good the deal is, act like it’s over, and then blame the workers when they don’t accept a mediocre deal.
Always said to see new headlines pushing the narrative that the strikes over just because there’s a proposal. Until the rank and file vote, calling it a tentative deal seems like an overstatement that only serves to build the narrative to attack the workers later when they don’t accept it. Use headlines to oversell how good the deal is, act like it’s over, and then blame the workers when they don’t accept a mediocre deal.