The San Diego Comic Con has a small problem

[kenobi_65]

@Miller

I come from the US, where people almost never strike. Things have to get exceptionally dire before American labor stands up for itself.

Part is also that only 10% of American workers belong to unions; as rare as union or guild* strikes are, strikes by non-union employees are, if not completely non-existent, exceptionally rare.

The union membership rate–the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of
unions–was 10.1 percent in 2022, down from 10.3 percent in 2021, the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported today.

The 2022 unionization rate (10.1 percent) is the lowest on record. In 1983, the first year where comparable union data are available, the union membership rate was 20.1 percent

*- Most of the workers’ organizations in the entertainment industry are “guilds,” not unions. My understanding of the distinction is that a guild provides collective bargaining for independent contractors (actors, writers, directors, etc.), while a union does the same for actual employees.

Union Members Summary - 2022 A01 Results