the people striking won’t get rich from what they are asking for. they are asking for a liveable income.
But they absolutely would strike it rich because they’re asking for a “liveable income” from every single piece of work that they were paid to create.
Say a writer was hired by Disney to write a movie, and paid $40k for doing so. They then want a “liveable income” worth of residuals every single year for the rest of the time that movie is available. Now they get hired to write another movie by disney. They’re paid $50k for this one. They now want **another “liveable income” worth of residuals from this movie. So now they’ve been paid $90k and also want 2x liveable incomes in perpetuity for the work that they were paid $90k to do.
Do you see the problem? What’s a “liveable income”? $50k a year? So now this person that was paid $90k to do 2 jobs is now owed $100k per year in perpetuity. Why do they deserve that? Where is that money coming from?
But they absolutely would strike it rich because they’re asking for a “liveable income” from every single piece of work that they were paid to create.
Say a writer was hired by Disney to write a movie, and paid $40k for doing so. They then want a “liveable income” worth of residuals every single year for the rest of the time that movie is available. Now they get hired to write another movie by disney. They’re paid $50k for this one. They now want **another “liveable income” worth of residuals from this movie. So now they’ve been paid $90k and also want 2x liveable incomes in perpetuity for the work that they were paid $90k to do.
Do you see the problem? What’s a “liveable income”? $50k a year? So now this person that was paid $90k to do 2 jobs is now owed $100k per year in perpetuity. Why do they deserve that? Where is that money coming from?