Tens of thousands of Hollywood crew workers have voted to authorize a strike over disputes with studio producers on the work conditions and pay for crew working on streaming productions for Netflix, Apple, Amazon and others. The workers are represented by IATSE, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. This is Rebecca Rhine, the union’s executive director.

Rebecca Rhine: “We have some members in our crafts that are so underpaid that they can’t possibly survive in the cities where they provide services, and so we’re looking for a liveable wage for them. And we’re looking for the employers to keep their long ago made promise that when new media moved from experimental to successful, that our members would then be paid industry standard rates for doing that work. And I don’t think there’s anyone that thinks Apple and Amazon and Disney need a break in order to produce their product.”