TOM HANKS: Oscar-winner, pedovore?, traitor to labor & working class actors

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/14/tom-hanks-the-trojan-horse-in-a-citadel-of-labor/

Tom Hanks: The Trojan Horse in a Citadel of Labor

"Yes, “Tom Hanks” holds membership in our union. But the man behind the man represented in the icon is one Thomas J. Hanks, known to the Secretary of State of California as the C.E.O., the Secretary, and a Member of the Board of Directors of PLAYTONE Company. Mr. Hanks co-founded PLAYTONE on January 23, 1998, in Santa Monica, CA, and he has grown it into one of the largest independent manufacturers of screen entertainment in our industry. Since its founding PLAYTONE has employed thousands, (probably tens of thousands) of actors. And PLAYTONE continues to employ actors to this day.

Thomas J. (“Tom”) Hanks is the very employer of the worker-voters he seeks to sway in an election that will have consequences for him and for the production company which he heads. Thomas J. Hanks, the producer-employer, weighs far more, economically, than Tom Hanks the beloved actor-icon.

The facts are not in dispute. Mr. Hanks has used his fame and his popularity to influence elections within the walls of the SAG citadel for at least thirteen years. There are rules and regulations and statutes and laws that seem to forbid the behavior Mr. Hanks has been engaging in all those years. The year 2021 was no exception.

The Election Committee which just ruled in his favor is dominated by Mr. Hanks’s party, Unite for Strength.

Since the Committee dismissed our complaint, we will have to ask the DOL’s Office of Labor-Management Standards to investigate the conduct of Mr. Hanks and of Unite for Strength."

Hanks, DeNiro, Meryl, and Clooney, throwing their weight around to undermine the Union ahead of negotiations. Not enough to hurt the children, may as well hurt the entire working class while they're at it.