As someone who works in the film industry but as an IATSE member. It’s hard to feel for the writers and actors who are speaking up against “unfair labor conditions” and are calling for solidarity and support. When the last IATSE contract negotiations were up, just a few years ago, we authorized a strike. But there was no talk of solidarity from them; of striking in support of some of the truly working class jobs that are in this shiny turd of an industry.. all of the people I’ve worked alongside in IATSE are HURTING because of these shutdowns. But it’s the writers that the shutdown is targeting. The unions with strike support funds. The Writers on residuals on products they released into perpetuity. What about the sets that were built? They, just like your silly little one-liners, are still being used to produce revenue for these multi billion bill at companies, years after release. But there’s no residual for that. It’s hard to feel for them when they’re far higher on the ladder than us and scream of mistreatment. It feels like I’m being used as a pawn by one privileged minority against another.