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Hospy posted...

The film industry is not in direct competition with the film industries of other countries, whereas the auto industry is. Your union is against management, theirs is against management while simultaneously having to compete abroad.

A union worker in America wants to support his fellow union workers by buying domestic.

Edit: I mean someone who buys a car in most cases isnt gonna buy another one unless they need another one, whereas you can watch any number of movies.

Ah, I see what you're getting at.

That said, like I said, this applies almost exclusively the Teamsters (aka, the Transportation Dept., aka, the people who deal with automobiles in film), so it tracks. No other department in film cares and generally owns whatever. So, it's definitely more of a "yeehaw, America!" sort of thing, and less of a "Go Unions!" thing. It helps that most drivers in film come from farm/rural backgrounds, meaning the "yeehaw, America!" attitude runs deep.

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