WGA Strike - a little history

[maygra]

Doris Egan has written an amazing post about the writer's strike, but also about writers in general, that looks at the nuts and bolts of the strike, but also of the value of writers and writing not just as an art form, but as a profession and a calling. For those of you not familiar with her work, I highly recommend her as a regular read (although she posts infrequently). She's a screenwriter as well as a novelist and a fan. She's also a delightful person and an insightful observer. Mostly, she's good people.

to live by the pen (long post warning)

Comments

[gretazreta.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the link. It was good to read such humane and insightful writing about the strike on the day when Gov. Schwarzenegger stepped in to try and resolve things, stating publicly:

"The studio executives are not going to suffer, the union leaders are not going to suffer, the writers that are striking, they are not going to suffer. Those are all people that have money."

*shakes head* - it sounds to me like he's not negotiating a solution, he wants the writers to suck it up. Sure the strike is going to impact the wider economy of the region - but the whole reason that we have unions is so that the good of society isn't based on the oppression of those without any political power. Theoretically speaking. Big business fought like mad about being forced to stop orphans working in the mines, also.