“… he writes for TV and more often than not it’s a show you can’t stand or worse, have never seen.
Yep, that sums up the viewers’ position and explains the studios’ lack of money.
Twelve hours of walking in a circle has not produced a new contract…
What? You walk your 3 hour shift 4 times a day? 4 times a week? Or just 4 times in the 78 days of the strike?
Since you’ve run out of things to talk about, perhaps you could discuss the rationale behind the strike. Discuss among your fellow strikers what you hope to gain, what you’re currently losing and what you might ultimately lose. This might shock you but you’re not engaged in a risk-free venture and you might want to consider where the money you hope to gain will come from. My gut tells me that you’ll ultimately get a bigger share of the revenue stream but that many of you will permanently lose your jobs. If you could work with the studios and create a bigger pile of revenue then everybody would win, but that’s not the path that you’re on. Sorry, you should stop by Quizno’s for an application before the post-strike rush.
FYI – spend some of your free time researching the aftermath of protracted labor strikes. See who wins (the union – they get more power), see who loses (the members of the union – many lose their jobs, future expansion is curtailed so no additional jobs created and very limited potential for job advancement), and see who’s largely unaffected (the company – they’ll simply adjust the expenses to fit the new contract by cutting jobs, outsourcing, moving overseas, canceling expansion plans — or largely what the studios have been doing for the past decade to the detriment of your union members).
