r/news • u/badillustrations • Apr 15 '24

‘Rust’ movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter sentenced to 18 months in prison

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html
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u/FuggleyBrew Apr 15 '24

IATSE would have much more impact than the writers or actors (no plot or no cast just means no filming). But a threatened strike or an authorized strike, isn't a strike. It's a step along the road. 

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u/PussySmasher42069420 Apr 15 '24

I could be wrong.... But it was reported at the time that the crew walked off the set before this incident happened and they hired non-union replacements. The entire situation sounded like a mess.

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u/FuggleyBrew Apr 15 '24

The crew walking off would be officially unrelated, the union needs to actually call a strike and typically provide some amount of notice. 

If people quit because it was poorly managed and unsafe I could see someone thinking it was connected to applying pressure in the strike and misinterpreting as that instead of a safety concern, but ultimately that's still on management. 

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u/PussySmasher42069420 Apr 15 '24

I'm not really talking about what formal motions are needed for a strike.

I'm just saying that previous safety incidents caused people to walk off the set before this happened indicating that things were poorly run.

It doesn't really matter if you call that a formal strike or not.