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I doubt the "internal technical error" was a technical issue. Someone sent the email unilaterally, and other people were upset by what it said.

They only said it wasn't fact-checked and "may" be inaccurate; they didn't actually say it was false. This is because if they claimed their member employment rate was higher than it is, that could be sued for it.

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My bet is someone told a junior employee or intern to write a draft email for the announcement with zero guidance, the junior had no idea what to write so started messing around with a sarcastic letter (imagine being an intern to the production assistant guild!), then some time later accidentally hit send instead of delete and didn't read the popup before clicking "Yes I'm sure"

I doubt they have a realistic employment rate anyway, since it's standard to take non-industry jobs to make ends meet, especially during strikes. The entire industry goes through their own "struggling actor" phases, no one really hides that.

Total opposite. Someone senior who had been around for a while and was completely disgruntled wrote it.

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