tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post7819680777249264863..comments2023-08-28T01:47:52.421-07:00Comments on United Hollywood: Congloms Fiddle While California Goes Up In FlamesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-64656254861953854512007-12-16T18:07:00.000-08:002007-12-16T18:07:00.000-08:00Well the AMPTP certainly has the writers by the ba...Well the AMPTP certainly has the writers by the balls. The WGA is begging, crying and wimpering for them to come back to the table (wah, wah, wah). I bet none of you thought that you'd be begging the producers to negotiate. The WGA called the strike to begin with, it's only fair that its members eat shit for a while after causing so many people to lose their jobs during the holidays. <BR/><BR/>Next up: Force Majeure. <BR/><BR/>Don't start what you can't finish.ChuckThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08186077762162381967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-16423299785727602742007-12-16T11:26:00.000-08:002007-12-16T11:26:00.000-08:00The AMPTP is comprised of competitors therefor it ...The AMPTP is comprised of competitors therefor it has no legal right to negotiate with WGA or any other Union. <BR/><BR/>According to law it is illegal for competitors to negotiate together, to even confer together. It's called collusion. <BR/><BR/>The talks need to begin but with each studio/company individualy. <BR/><BR/>Imagine if all competitors in an industry got together to set all wages and ALL labor conditions.<BR/><BR/>The economy would be ruined. <BR/><BR/>Paramount, Fox, Warner Bros., NBC, Disney, CBS, Universal, Sony, MGM...and 341 of their signatory pals all unite to set the pay scale and working conditions for writers. And then for actors. And then directors. And then for all employees in the entertainment industry.<BR/><BR/>Federal, State and International laws are ignored and violated repeatedly. <BR/><BR/>I wonder what our Congressmen are doing...<BR/><BR/>Thanks Robert J. Elisberg for bringing this up. Check out his article on <BR/><BR/>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/writers-guild-strike-prim_b_75610.htmlJames Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841867531767939753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462026865900537983.post-74506755454074736182007-12-16T08:29:00.000-08:002007-12-16T08:29:00.000-08:00I feel that the Attorney General, Jerry Brown, sho...I feel that the Attorney General, Jerry Brown, should step forward and put more pressure on the AMPTP to return to the table, that he should look at the strike-busting techniques, and actually I'm all for independent auditing of the studio and network accounting styles.<BR/><BR/>I am very encouraged by David Letterman's production company getting out in front by working on a interim contract with the WGA. This could really be a break through in the strike: causing other production companies to want to make meaningful progress on their own, without waiting for the AMPTP.<BR/><BR/>It breaks my heart to see so many people suffering all because Nick Counter seems to think that he is the smartest guy in the roomembershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816004689088660397noreply@blogger.com