Work Reform

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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

Our Philosophies:

All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

Our Goals

Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“This ‘groundbreaking’ AI proposal that they gave us yesterday, they proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay, and their companies should own that scan, their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity on any project they want, with no consent and no compensation. So if you think that’s a groundbreaking proposal, I suggest you think again.”

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

They're doing it to extras that are desperate... People that will do pretty much anything to get on screen, let alone say a line.

But like 99% of today's stars did that work before becoming stars.

If someone signs this "deal" and then gets famous a decade later, they stop getting paid and studios just use their digital likeness.