Those who support writer's strike

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Zak Forsman said:
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I believe that was already posted here, or on another thread...as was the Harlon Ellison rant...I think most people know what the strike is about by now.

I honestly thought at one point that people who didn't back the writer's strike just didn't know what the issues really were...now I think they just feel the best way to get ahead is to pay people as little as possible for as long as possible while downplaying their roles in making marketable products.
 
DeSica said:
I believe that was already posted here, or on another thread...
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In that case you should
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DeSica said:
I honestly thought at one point that people who didn't back the writer's strike just didn't know what the issues really were...now I think they just feel the best way to get ahead is to pay people as little as possible for as long as possible while downplaying their roles in making marketable products.
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Welcome to the global economy.
 
Interesting blog post by an actual Hollywood writer stating why what is happening now is basically re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic, and how different the industry may look in a decade--

http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/
 
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That stat sounds a bit off. I believe it's around 44,000 a year. But averages are misleading because half of us are unemployed in any given year. I would say half the writers are making 100k, and the other half are making nothing in a given year. Then, the next year, we switch places. Thus, we need residuals to get us through the bad year. Thus, we're on strike. And you're right, the cost of living in LA is killing all of us anyway...
 
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I would say half the writers are making 100k, and the other half are making nothing in a given year. Then, the next year, we switch places. ...
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Fantastic! So next year I will make 100K! Yeah!!!!

Btw, cost of the strike? 21 million bucks per day. (LA Times)
 
21 Million bucks a day. ouch. could be true. the problem with using the newspapers as a source of info on the strike is that they are mostly owned by the companies writers are striking against. just like the tv news. and the radio. i know the strike is costing me and my friends big $$, but we are still supporting it and still picketing. renegotiations start tomorrow... it could all be over by xmas.
 
I think they just feel the best way to get ahead is to pay people as little as possible for as long as possible while downplaying their roles in making marketable products.
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Corporate America at it's finest. Sounds like just about every other job I've had.
 
This is why unions are necessary. Organizing the labor is the only possible effective counterbalance to the power of management.
 
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