The UFC contract was one-sided, offering no guaranteed benefits or mutual obligations while demanding total exclusivity.

“I'm giving everything I'm giving up all my right exclusivity exclusivity and go and do anything else but I really yes but you are not committed to anything so okay so I'm the UFC I'm not committed to anything but you have to give up your exclusivity yeah and I'm not even guaranteeing that I'm going ”

He asserts that he would not have remained in WWE had he been forced to act only as a sacrificial opponent for Goldberg at SummerSlam 2019 without any creative input.

“I go, if I can't be in this match doing something, then I have to leave this company right now. And I'm not kidding. If this if this is purely for someone a a scarecrow to take a spear and a jackhammer, I don't want to work here.”

Artists must ensure they have a formal contract in place before paying a producer for beats to prevent being scammed later.

“I supposed to made him drop that contract. So, when I bought Kevin's action price and then I dropped the project he tried to double back on me like >> oh yeah you know these songs is doing good type situation like I need some more money”

Bargaining for the common good, where unions demand improvements that benefit the entire community rather than just their members, is a powerful and innovative approach to labor advocacy.

“And it was this really great way of it now um labor scholars and and organizers call it bargaining for the common good. And what they're saying is that actually if we are given better working conditions, if we are paid enough to actually live near the school that we teach in, if we have smaller clas”

Workers should prioritize shorter, two-year contracts to help synchronize multiple unions' expiration dates with a target of May 1, 2028.

“So, this is in 2026, probably the last chance we'll see unions intentionally line up for May 1st, 2028. And uh sneak preview, Labor Notes is about to launch in the next few weeks a contract expiration tracker for 2028”