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You know what wouldn't cost half a billion dollars a year? Giving into the demands of those striking.
Especially since I believe the estimated cost of agreeing to the requests would've been ~47M USD, which is literally less than a tenth of their current losses.
My feeling is this is not about the short term costs, but is about:
[Insert Joker meme about sending a message]
I also heard an interesting take from a union organizer: that companies have been able to go so long without having to negotiate in good-faith that they’ve lost the institutional knowledge of how to do it.
Imagine needing institutional knowledge in order to do something in good faith. That sounds a lot like they’re full of dehumanized ethical corruption.
Hmmm sounds like you're asking a lot. What if instead they continue to sell off their valuable IP and media library while also dissolving brands that have served them well for about 30 years and then also remove all trace of already produced shows and movies so that nobody can ever watch them again?