Hollywood’s biggest union has stepped into a long-running legal fight between Netflix and 21st Century Fox over employment contracts. While not taking sides in the appeal, the union said it didn’t want the case to undermine Californians’ legal protections against employers. Netflix launched an appeal against the decision in the Fox case. In its fight with Fox, Netflix argued that Fox’s employment agreements were unlawful and unenforceable, creating a “form of involuntary servitude” that violated the state’s labor code by exceeding seven years, according to court filings. Unlike Fox and Viacom, Netflix is not part of a powerful alliance of studios that regularly bargains with the entertainment industry’s unions.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 08, 2021 21:07 UTC