Who strikes?

Thanks for clearing things up about the commercial side of the industry. As I remember, I seem to remember "they, (the commercial side of the industry) went on strike" a couple of years ago or so. So a strike only affects those under the specific contracts involved? NOT the entire filming industry as a whole? Yes/no? Thanks in advance for your clarification-- ---Just Curious Here

To Michaela- @ 10:45 PM PST, Jan 10, 2008

Just to clear up a few lies told by the WGA. (Writers Guild of America) The AMPTP did not go out on strike, the WGA did. The AMPTP did not brag that they, "were going to wreak havoc throughout the industry!" the WGA did. The AMPTP is not causing potentially thousands of lives to be ruined through loss of income and jobs and the destruction of companies affiliated with the Film and Television Industries, the WGA is. Michaela

Michaela @ 10:48 AM PST, Jan 9, 2008

To: "Just Curious" There are actually three different Writers Guild of America contracts. The commercials you see would be under a different one of the three contracts, just as the day time talk shows and news shows still up would be under another contract. Michaela

Michaela @ 10:29 AM PST, Jan 9, 2008

Just curious here-Why isn't the commercial industry touched by the strike?? Who writes those scripts for the actors to read? When commercials go on strike does the entire industry support them? Are the commercial industry crews "scabs" when they are filming during this writer's strike? How does this all work? Please explain to a just curious person

just curious @ 4:40 PM PST, Jan 4, 2008

When nasty spoiled little children can't have a toy they want, they try to destroy the toys of others. When nasty spoiled little children can't have a Christmas present they want, they try to destroy the Christmases of others. How much more damage to others in the Film and Television industries, and in the many other businesses affected by this strike, are these nasty spoiled little children, otherwise known as WGA members, going to do in what should have been a holiday season?

Michaela @ 10:32 AM PST, Dec 29, 2007

The writers strike bores me almost as much as the dibble these writers pump out when not on strike. I do not belonbg to the WGA but I do write, I produce and direct films that are entertaining. I hope we are all ready fora breath of union free creativity. Work each deal independently. If you are not being paid enough, don't sell them your words. Sell them to the highest bidder and quit being so bitter.

Ashton @ 11:46 AM PST, Dec 26, 2007

PART 1 Another difference between writers and plumbers -- No creative executive has ever looked at a perfectly good kitchen sink and said, "Um, can it be a toilet?"

SnickySnack123 @ 9:32 PM PST, Dec 20, 2007

Rich people wanting more money. Disgusting

Phire @ 2:19 PM PST, Dec 20, 2007

What some supporters of the WGA are also not taking into consideration is that in order to even get a job at a studio each and every writer must have representation, usually a agent, sometimes just a lawyer, sometimes both. These agents and lawyers are brilliant at wringing dollars out of studios in the form of service fees, production bonuses, percentages of revenue, etc. Given the strength of these agents the WGA almost seems irrelevent and possibly counterproductive.

RR @ 2:25 PM PST, Dec 12, 2007

So, Chatmandu, you're saying that the strike is silly, because if the writers feel exploited, we can just stop working? Um. That's kind of what we're doing. It's called a "strike."

JW @ 5:23 AM PST, Dec 12, 2007

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