• Mouselemming
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    8 days ago

    I would agree except employment is so fickle in the biz. Health insurance should come through the Academy, since everyone is always a member even when they don’t have a gig

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      5 days ago

      Why would the academy have anything to do with labour relations at all? It’s the literal anthithesis of its foundation.

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        7 days ago

        They do, (thanks, Arrkk) and that’s a better answer.

        But the schoolmarm in me brings me back to tell you that, because of the “y-” in the way “union” is pronounced, standard usage is “a union” even though it starts with a vowel. The reason we use “an” is to avoid an awkward slide from the a to the vowel, but in words that start with the “you-” sound it’s not necessary.

        A ugly bastard An ugly bastard

        A onion An onion

        An unicorn A unicorn

        That’s me done, and a gold star to you on catching my original error!