matt_w said:One thing this reminds me of is TV and movies. When a movie wraps, or especially a TV show finishes, the studio doesn't close but a lot of people working on the production are out of work.
(I've heard that this is a reason why American TV shows tend to drag on; the showrunners don't want to bring things to an end and effectively fire lots of people; whereas actors in the BBC stable are more likely to be able to find work, which is why I wind up saying things like "The well-known actors in Green Wing are Julian Rhind-Tutt and Tamsin Greig.")
But the thing about those people working on the TV shows and movies? They're unionized. This may place some limits on the impunity with which they can be screwed over, and I'm pretty sure that it means that if they work on a union job during a year they have health insurance the whole year.
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