In one of Ted Sarandos’ statements on Friday about his streamer’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros . Discovery, the Netflix co-CEO proclaimed that the $82.7 billion deal would be “pro-worker.”

Some of Hollywood’s most powerful unions would beg to differ. In statements that streamed steadily into reporters’ inboxes after the news broke on Thursday night, labor organizations representing directors, writers and producers expressed deep concerns about the transaction, arguing that it could quash competition and harm Hollywood’s creatives.

The most severe in its criticism was the Writers Guild of America, which said in a statement that “this merger must be blocked.”

The labor group’s East and West Coast branches added, “The world’s largest streaming company swallowing one of its b

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