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TV writers on strike in Los Angeles and the use of a neutral gate system
TLDR TV writers in Los Angeles go on strike, leading to the implementation of a neutral gate system to avoid picket lines. The strike involves tactics such as secondary boycotting and uncovering cheating by a popular TV show.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
TV writers on strike in Los Angeles use picket lines to protest against TV and film studios, while some productions use a separate entrance to avoid crossing the picket line.
03:11
A neutral gate system is implemented to allow neutral parties to avoid getting involved in strikes and picket lines in Los Angeles.
06:29
Unions in the 1940s used a tactic called secondary boycotting to put pressure on companies during strikes by expanding picket lines to businesses connected to the primary employer, leading to the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 which banned this practice.
09:30
Angry unionized sailors wanted to picket the SS Fofo, but had to navigate legal restrictions around secondary boycotts, leading to the development of a neutral gate system.
12:44
Strike Captain Bill suspected that a show was sneakily using the neutral gate, and after receiving a tip from a truck driver, he discovered that The Young and the Restless was cheating by using the gate.
15:42
Bill suspected The Young and the Restless was using the neutral gate to film, and with the help of a former writer from the show, they caught actor Mark Grossman sneaking through the gate.
19:00
Bill and his team successfully flipped the neutral gate at Television City, turning it into a picket line for the Hollywood unions.
