Working Life

    You’ve probably read already that a deal was struck between David Letterman and the Writers Guild of America so Letterman’s writers will be back at work on Wednesday. Letterman was able to cut a deal because he owns his production company and the rights to the show. The Writers Guild explains the deal in […]

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    This was amusing–even reading it from Bali–so I thought I’d post it. I’m going to do a long take on labor and climate change–it just may be after I get back this weekend (it’s hard to get time to do thinking and writing here). So, in the meantime…a Zagat-style take on the studios written […]

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    This was amusing–even reading it from Bali–so I thought I’d post it. I’m going to do a long take on labor and climate change–it just may be after I get back this weekend (it’s hard to get time to do thinking and writing here). So, in the meantime…a Zagat-style take on the studios written […]

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You may have heard rumors that the strike by the Writers Guild of America might be edging towards resolution because the big media companies had made "ground breaking" proposals. Nonsense. Here’s the real story.   The presidents of Writers Guild of America West and East released a message to its members about the real status […]

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You may have heard rumors that the strike by the Writers Guild of America might be edging towards resolution because the big media companies had made "ground breaking" proposals. Nonsense. Here’s the real story.   The presidents of Writers Guild of America West and East released a message to its members about the real status […]

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   I’d guess most people now believe, five weeks into a strike by the Writers Guild of America, that Big Media is greedy and that it should agree to share money with film and television writers when shows are downloaded over the Internet. We take Big Media’s greed for granted. But, here’s an even bigger […]

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    Like most of you’all, I’m preparing to go off and stuff my face with way too much food, pies and alcohol–maybe the one advantage I have is that I don’t have to do all this in the usual dysfunctional family settings…my good friend Laura Flanders is packing her place with a wild pack of […]

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   So, since I’ve been updating folks on the Writers Guild of America strike against Big Media, a number of people have written me or commented: what can we do to help if we are not WGA members and/or don’t live in Los Angeles or New York City? Other than console you for having to […]

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At least in New York City, there will not be any Writers Guild of America official picketing today (some of us will go over to Broadway and support the striking stagehands). But, there is some stuff to report.   Yesterday, Michael Winship, president of the the Writers Guild of America (east) sent out an e-mail […]

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{attachment id=56 size=small} It was sunny and brisk today on the Writers Guild of America picket line in New York City on the third day of the strike. The pickets have been moving around the city since the strike started on Monday–Day One we rallied outside the NBC (General Electric) studios in Rockefeller Center (just […]

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