Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「The struggle between the writers and actors unions and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers looks to me as if it will go long and be epic. We may look back on it as one of the consequential labor actions of the 21st century, writes Peggy Noonan for @wsjopinion. The industry said in 2021 that film and television directly create 336,000 jobs and support 2.4 million. Whatever your just criticism of its products, we want this story-telling industry to continue. You want it employing people who are trying and reaching, you want its art and the arts in general to flourish, because without them we’d be less human, less whole. SAG-Aftra’s going in raises all stakes, heightens passions and puts sharper emphasis on the existential aspects of the struggle. If the strike continues through the fall, people will cancel their streaming subscriptions because “there will be no programs.” The longer the strike, the greater the damage to a major American industry. Both sides share a goal: perpetuation of the industry. It’s only a three-year contract. Neither side has to reach Nirvana; while reality sorts itself out, solid steps in the right direction are progress. Talks should begin. Being at the table and saying nothing is better than not being at the table. In the end, producers will have to take a more generous share-the-eventual-wealth approach to talent, and put it on paper. A prediction: If they continue to stiff them, they won’t succeed in breaking the unions but they will embitter the industry for a generation. Read more at the link in @wsjopinion’s bio. Photo: Mike Segar/Reuters」7月22日 8時27分