WGA Launches Scab Reporting Web Site Where Members Are Required to Report Names (opens in new tab)

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9 pointsdonretag2y ago3 comments

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"Scab" is an epithet used to stir up hate, just like epithets for races and sexual minorities. There have been cases where strikers physically attacked so-called "scabs".

donretagOP2y ago

Title comes from the reporting on Deadline, an industry site https://deadline.com/2023/05/wga-strike-scab-reporting-web-s...

sublinear2y ago

Honestly, we probably need better writers in entertainment anyway. Cheers to the scabs!

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Bostonian2y ago

"Scab" is an epithet used to stir up hate, just like epithets for races and sexual minorities. There have been cases where strikers physically attacked so-called "scabs".

donretagOP2y ago

Title comes from the reporting on Deadline, an industry site https://deadline.com/2023/05/wga-strike-scab-reporting-web-s...

sublinear2y ago

Honestly, we probably need better writers in entertainment anyway. Cheers to the scabs!

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