SC3 - Sidecast: Strike Authorization Vote
Scriptnotes Podcast
John August
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2023
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
John returns from the negotiating room to chat with Drew about the upcoming Strike Authorization Vote. What does Strike Authorization actually mean? How do WGA members vote? And what can writers do this week before voting begins?
We also answer a question from a listener wrestling with their fears of a potential strike.
Links:
- Find complete information for the Strike Authorization Vote here.
- Find more about the 2023 WGA negotiations here at WGAContract2023.org
- John on Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon
- Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt
Email us at [email protected]
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome. |
| 0:03.6 | My name is John August. |
| 0:05.0 | And my name is Drew Markord. |
| 0:06.3 | And this is a script note sidecast, a short episode about one thing. |
| 0:10.0 | In this case, that one thing is today's announcement that the WJ is going to be conducting |
| 0:13.5 | a strike authorization vote. |
| 0:15.1 | We'll talk about what that is and what it means. |
| 0:18.6 | Standard disclaimer here first. |
| 0:19.9 | If you're not a WJ member, this does not really affect you. |
| 0:22.7 | By all means, keep listening if you're curious, but it is totally optional. |
| 0:26.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:27.7 | And hey, welcome back, John. |
| 0:29.0 | You have been in the negotiating room for the last two weeks. |
| 0:31.0 | I have been. |
| 0:32.0 | So thank you for holding down the fort. |
| 0:33.8 | You and Craig have an episode coming out tomorrow that I have not even listened to, which |
| 0:36.9 | is weird for me, but kind of good. |
| 0:38.8 | It's a good one too. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm excited for it. |
| 0:41.0 | Actually, my favorite role is just being a listener of script notes. |
| 0:44.3 | But today we actually have a real work to do, so we should get to it. |
| 0:47.1 | This afternoon, WJ members got an email saying that the negotiating committee had unanimously |
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