Writers Guild of America on strike

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As television series close down, writers start to feel like part of the U.S. labor movement

Tuesday November 27th, 2007

Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers resumed Monday, November 26. It is the first time the two sides formally sat at the bargaining table since the strike began on Nov. 4. Due to a mutually agreed upon media blackout, no details were released about the first day of talks. Picketing resumed on Monday at most major lots in Hollywood. Senior Editor Paul Jay visited the picket lines and spoke with some of the striking writers.

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[vfreeck]

The entertainment industry will defintely just crash if this strike continues. One thing I hate is reruns.

On a flip note, this is what companies such as Viacom and TimeWarner deserve.

[TheDaveMovies]

You're an idiot. Never have children or operate motor vehicles. In this glorious nation, you have just as much right to conjur up and own an intellectual property. They're fighting so they and YOU if you had the fucking brain, would be issued the money due for property usage. These writers are being bent over and screwed. What producers are doing on the web with THEIR material is illegal and they shouldn't work under such conditions. No one should.

[loverofrunescape32]

goddamn communists

[azng00n]

Even if you are the "originator" of the idea of a series, doesn't make you the originator of each episode. Lets use actual shows for examples, CSI, Jerry Bruckheimer... do you really think he came up with every single concept, plot, theme and crime in each show? or a team told to make CSI interesting? The fact is, the writers are the one creating the "love" for the characters, not the actors and they should be the ones getting paid for it.

[RashtraVishnu]

These people either have another form of income, or don't rely on their writing job much to live, how else could they afford to strike for 2 months?

[HoorayTV21]

Well that is THEIR work. the people who write for most shows are not the originator of the idea they are hired hands hired only to finish a job, they get their money from it and thats fair. Does the family expect to get money in 70years after the "writer" has died? Idiot.

[aSaGeeCuz]

lol.yall.sum.rotten.ass.people­.give.dem.niggas.dey.money.man­

[77macmanus]

no ones arguing that they aren't getting the credit they deserve, were just saying who cares about hollywood anymore?? Entertainment in hollywood sucks now. I just heard that Golden Globes arent coming. So we don't hear a bunch of duesch bag stars act like their talent is somehow greater then any other talent under then sun and we should be glamorizing them, cause you know how to read a script? Try writing one!!

[Bernbaum]

The point is that these people work hard, and it IS hard to get a script made, and they deserve to get paid for it.

[xamolisax]

i tried to spot felicia day, she was there i believe