solidarity

Published: November 5, 2007, 4:08 am

Tags: hollywood, screenwriters, screenwriting, guild

As of today, at 12.01am (PST), the Writers Guild of America (East and West) are on strike. American television variety shows such as Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show with John Stewart, The David Letterman Show, and The Colbert Report will be affected immediately. If the strike continues most American television programmes will be unable to air original material after a couple of months. All writing on feature films ceases during the strike. Between the two chapters the WGA has 12,000 members, and over 3,000 of them attended a rally on November 1st to discuss the strike with their Guild officers. It's obvious the membership of the WGA are serious about this action. This video of the WGA Contract/Picket Captains shows why they support the Guild in the forthcoming strike. The Guild has...solidarity Splinister BlogStrike from Monday Declan CashinSee 0 more posts on this topic: Writers Guild, Guild America, Picket Captains, Hollywood Screenwriters, Wga ContractKeywords:

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