Like, Strike, Dude.

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  • Author(s): Long, Rob
  • Source:
    National Review. 2/19/2001, Vol. 53 Issue 3, p26-28. 3p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      WRITERS Guild of America; STRIKES & lockouts; LABOR disputes; MASS media employees; TELEVISION writers; MOTION picture industry
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED StatesReport Available
    • Abstract:
      The article comments on the possibility of a strike by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in the U.S. The author says that every few years, the WGA suffers an institutional nervous breakdown as its members attempt to agree on the terms of a new contract with the studios. The main point invariably centers around some new profit source exploited by the studios like DVD sales or pay-per-view satellite broadcasts, that they have neglected to pass on to the writer. The non-working writers are a more concerned. The economic and respect issues that divide the writers and the studios also divide the feature-film writers from the television writers.