The WGA began its strike this past week and I'm relatively irked by it. While I love entertainment, I'm not so concerned about my own movie and TV viewing. However, I am concerned about the larger ramifications of all of those non-WGA individuals employed by the industry - and suddenly - out of work.
While I appreciate the writers wanting to be compensated fairly (don't we all), this strike has ramifications for so many others. In LA alone, this strike will send over 250,000 other industry folks out of work. And at the end of the strike, some of these individuals will have not only suffered lost wages - they aren't going to get any additional raises either.
Because of that, I believe the strike should be settled ASAP. There is a fine line between being compensated fairly and being greedy. Hundreds of thousands of additional people unemployed (in my opinion) really walks that line.
Monday, November 5, 2007
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