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On June 10, the Hollywood Reporter posted an article headlined “Why Hollywood’s Unions Didn’t Put Up a Fight With Studios This Year.” It’s a superficial piece, which accepts as good coin the explanations provided by the various parties involved.

In our view, the most accurate and direct response to the article’s headline would be: The Hollywood unions abjectly surrendered as they did in 2026 because they fully accept the existing economic conditions, including the stranglehold of the conglomerates, and act as extensions of management. They are incapable of developing a strategy independent of the corporate oligarchy, and this has disastrous consequences for industry workers.

But these issues need to be expanded upon and considered by writers, actors, crew members and others.