Universal Studios fined for tree cutting

[Tom Dunlap]

Very suspicious...

Universal's Tree Trimming Saga Ends on a Bittersweet Note

It looks like Universal got away with a slap on the wrist after cutting back trees shading picketers.

www.themarysue.com

 

[Stumpsprouts]

They topped the ficus trees in mid summer because the union was picketing under their shade. That’s some low, low shit.

Thanks for sharing that. I’m so done with these corporations.

 

[Reach]

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They topped the ficus trees in mid summer because the union was picketing under their shade. That’s some low, low shit.

Thanks for sharing that. I’m so done with these corporations.

If you read the full article, and look at the Before pictures as well, you’ll see that these trees had been topped before and not a lot of material was actually removed from the trees, so not all that much shade was really lost.

Additionally, Universal put up tents for the picketers to provide shade to them, to replace what was lost when the trees were trimmed.

Maybe Universal was being honest when they said this was a scheduled project that just happened to coincide with the picketing, I can’t say, but I will give Universal the benefit of the doubt and not convict them myself without actually seeing more solid evidence than a news article written by a biased reporter.

I’m not defending the trimming that was done either, just suggesting that taking a more moderate view of what happened may be a good idea, in light of what seems to be an all-around lack of facts and a definite lack of objective reporting.

 

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They topped the ficus trees in mid summer because the union was picketing under their shade. That’s some low, low shit.

Thanks for sharing that. I’m so done with these corporations.

I can sense the suffering.

 

[evo]

Who done it? Nick?

 

[Stumpsprouts]

If you read the full article, and look at the Before pictures as well, you’ll see that these trees had been topped before and not a lot of material was actually removed from the trees, so not all that much shade was really lost.

Additionally, Universal put up tents for the picketers to provide shade to them, to replace what was lost when the trees were trimmed.

Maybe Universal was being honest when they said this was a scheduled project that just happened to coincide with the picketing, I can’t say, but I will give Universal the benefit of the doubt and not convict them myself without actually seeing more solid evidence than a news article written by a biased reporter.

I’m not defending the trimming that was done either, just suggesting that taking a more moderate view of what happened may be a good idea, in light of what seems to be an all-around lack of facts and a definite lack of objective reporting.

True Reach... They did set up tents… and perhaps this was just a routine prune.

As we know, keeping shade trees in urban environments can lower the surface temperatures significantly - so coupled with the heat wave, the timing of the prune, the aggressive nature of the cuts, ya know I’m gonna get riled up. This is such a waste of time and we should be planting more street trees to create more shade, not topping these trees.

And I’ve also just been seeing a lot of infographics on how little the piece of profit pie is that the unions are asking for. It’s such a small piece of the pie it doesn’t even show up on the graphic. The studios are going to train AI with 100 years of material without any actors consent and use it to create new scenes without paying anyone. The studio execs have also publicly stated they will wait this out until the writers can’t afford their apartments. The writers make pennies.

So I’m totally coming into reading this with a heavy bias against Goliath, I admit.

 

[RyanCafferky]

When you see how a huge number of tree companies down there do tree work regularly this doesn’t seem that out of place. I actually didn’t think it was that suspicious or likely that some evil corporation did this on purpose. They don’t give a crap about their trees and they likely always get that treatment.

 

[AlanKekoa]

it’s crazy how hacking trees is the normally majority practice in Southern California especially considering how desperately they need the shade.I was shocked coming from Hawai’i, it takes a while to talk 99% of clients out of hacking there trees as they believe that is the right way to do tree work as it’s almost all they see and have had done for so long.

When you see how a huge number of tree companies down there do tree work regularly this doesn’t seem that out of place. I actually didn’t think it was that suspicious or likely that some evil corporation did this on purpose. They don’t give a crap about their trees and they likely always get that treatment