SC10 - Sidecast: Neutral Gates
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John August
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
John and Megana Rao return from the picket line to ask, what’s the deal with neutral gates? Using the Teamsters as a guide, we look at the rules that govern neutral gates, why we have them, their history, and how they can guide our best practices for picketing as we enter the third week of the strike.
Links:
- Teamsters local 399 FAQ
- Summary of Negotiations: WGA proposals and AMPTP responses
- 2023 WGA Strike Rules
- Strike Rules FAQ
- Picket Schedules and Locations
- Find more about the 2023 WGA negotiations here at WGAContract2023.org
- John on Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon
- Megana Rao on Twitter
- Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome. My name is John August. |
| 0:04.3 | And my name is Megan Arow. |
| 0:05.6 | And this is a scripted out side cast, |
| 0:07.3 | a short episode about one thing. |
| 0:08.8 | And this time, I really want to try to keep it legitimately short. |
| 0:12.4 | As we talk about neutral gates, |
| 0:15.0 | Megan, is this the thing you've seen neutral gates? |
| 0:17.6 | Yes, I have seen them at the CBS and the Paramount lot. |
| 0:21.2 | I actually had a friend working at the Paramount one this past week. |
| 0:24.0 | So for people who are not in Los Angeles, |
| 0:26.1 | who are not seen at this phenomenon, |
| 0:27.6 | can you describe what a normal gate is and what a neutral gate is? |
| 0:31.8 | So a normal gate this past week |
| 0:33.8 | at all of these studio entrances has had several WGA members |
| 0:38.0 | in their blue shirts and picket signs |
| 0:40.5 | walking across the entrance. |
| 0:42.1 | But at a neutral gate, it's typically been like one WGA captain |
| 0:46.6 | who's sitting there with the clipboard. |
| 0:48.5 | Yeah, it's a very different thing. |
| 0:49.8 | CBS television city is right by the grove. |
| 0:52.1 | You and I were picketing in front of there. |
| 0:53.8 | And there's the crosswalk where James Corden |
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