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Writers Guild Strike
ImRonBurgundy?:
I really cannot help but fear that this will end badly.
The producers' main tactic from the beginning has apparently been to try to starve the writers out and break the union. I think this strike goes way beyond the producers' resistance to establishing residual rights for emerging media, it's indicative of a larger plan to weaken Hollywood's guilds and unions to the point of ineffectivity. My dad is a member of the International Cinematographers' Guild, which is possibly the weakest guild in the entertainment industry (he's fond of saying that he can always tell the contract terms are going to bleak at the annual meeting when they open the proceedings with "Well, it was a tough negotiation, but we managed to save the health plan!"). If the producers are successful in their tactics and force the writers to back down, I'm afraid that this is the kind of thing that awaits them in the future, as well as the Directors' and Screen Actors' guilds, should their possible upcoming strikes come to fruition.
This whole ordeal has really soured me on my dreams of entering this particular industry.
Johnny C:
I genuinely don't think that the WGA will be caving. They hold pretty much all the cards here, except for the one where they get paid.
Paav:
Because the actors and directors are nearing the end of their contracts these negotiations have added weight, the producers don't want to appear soft, but the writers can hold out better because they have the support of the actors and directors.
ImRonBurgundy?:
Really? Everyone in L.A. I've talked to has a pretty dim view of the outcome. Maybe we're just cynical.
chrobae:
Read this news article http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0111/p02s02-ussc.html. It's very objective about the whole situation.
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