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Is it really nothing to hold against him though, when the person he's replacing did join the strike?
The person he’s replacing is a member of SAG AFTRA (and maybe also WGA?) and he’d already been hired as her replacement. She’s not going on sympathy strike.
I...don't see how that changes anything I said. It still sounds like Jennings is replacing someone who is striking.
A scab is hired to replace someone who is striking. He had previously (as in years) been hired to replace Bialik when she was unavailable. Due to her commitments to the strike, she is unavailable. He, not being a member of the WGA or SAG, has no commitments to the strike, but does have commitments to his contract, which states he is to replace Bialik when she is unavailable. Does that make sense?
So Jennings had a clause to replace Bialiik, and it's being used to make them scab?
Sounds very scummy on the network's part.
It's not scabbing if it's already your job. He's not being hired to replace her, he already works for them.
Edit: Yes, it's still scummy on the network's part, but that's no surprise.
She's literally an actor and thus a member of the union that is striking. He is neither.
The important part is that he is already an employee there who does this job already, while not being union. If he wasn’t and he was hired to do the job because he’s not union he would be a scab.
Why is Jennings not part of SAG? I find it hard to believe the union is cool with a host not being a member unless they don't care about game show hosts in general, which is on them.