I kinda don't get it.
If they are not happy with the people who don't want them to work there,

Why work there?
Are they not trainable, are they not qualified for any jobs anywhere doing anything?

Is it excruciatingly stressful?
What extraneous demands are being placed on them?

The little bits that I've seen about it make it seem like they feel cheated because everyone makes more money than them

And
" That ain't fair"

Streaming which is how a lot is watched these days pays differently. A lot less apparently.

I have not been able to stand any late night comic person in a long while so don’t watch. Most network shows (ABC/CBS/NBC etc) are not watchable. I find many independent YouTube personalities provide good or better content for a fraction of the production budget.

Writers? I thought that they died a long time ago.

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Originally posted by ElToro:
Streaming which is how a lot is watched these days pays differently. A lot less apparently.

Video of Matt Damon explains how streaming and the digital landscape changed how actors, studios and writers will be paid, or not paid for their work as in the past and why studios are not willing to put out risky films/shows etc

If they're on strike, who is writing the wording on their strike signs?

Could be the best thing for our society. Maybe they'll go on strike for a couple decades.

I watch youtube videos much more than tv. We use youtube streaming service with Starz/Encore package for $75 month. It's wasted money imho but mama wants it. Be great if the talking heads went mute.

And now, the actors guild is saying the actors will strike.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...f304b8b0ef5f9e1&ei=6

Oh, darn.

Oh crap, that means we are going to have to watch re-runs. Wait, we're already watching re-runs!

Would anyone really notice? Hollywood has been just relaunching previous movies (to include so-called “prequels/sequels”) made up to look new through the use of CGI and animation. Nothing new out of them for over 10+ years.

Don't hardly watch much TV these days. Mostly watch youtube videos. They could go on strike
for a year I don't care. Besides it seems like so many show writers are not that good compared to years ago.

They have a union, and they want to get paid more. This is what unions do.

It does seem likely that streaming services and changes in the TV/movie business are reducing their income. If the entertainment business is getting diluted and less profitable, that may be just the way it is.

I am generally not a fan of unions generally, and think they can abuse the power they can accumulate. I think they can become abusive when state legislatures pass laws that create more power than a "natural" union would have - doing things like making joining the union essentially mandatory. I don't know what the situation is in California, and this industry in general.

There are some legitimate complaints the WGA has. For instance those "Free Online TV Channels" that rerun an entire series for anyone to watch. If it was an over the air channel, writers would get residuals for that, but because it's online only, the only folks being paid are the studios.

The other problem is they've picked exactly the wrong time to pull this shit with the industry at one of it's lowest points in the last 50 years where they've pissed off the studios AND the paying customer.

How presumptuous to call themselves writers! Most news I read and have read recently bears small resemblance to any common writing skills. Items such as poor spelling, improper use or lack of punctuation, and disjointed sentence construction is often the norm rather than the exception. And now they wish to strike.
As is often quoted elsewhere, "How dare you!"

Back in the 1950's when there were three networks and 30 tv shows this strike would have been great leverage ,
But now , in this day and age of 25 networks and 300 tv shows
And 50 years of reruns in the vault,

They have to realize that the demand for their services has diminished greatly in the last 12 years.

I don't see it being any different at all from retail clothing sales in brick and mortar stores.

A store I worked at in the seventies has les than half of the employees now than it did back then.
The men's ,women's and children's shoe dept. Had 8 employees working the sales floor, daily.

Now one person works all three depts. This is a 80,000 SQ ft store

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Originally posted by clipper1:
How presumptuous to call themselves writers! Most news I read and have read recently bears small resemblance to any common writing skills. Items such as poor spelling, improper use or lack of punctuation, and disjointed sentence construction is often the norm rather than the exception. And now they wish to strike.
As is often quoted elsewhere, "How dare you!"

These are screenwriters, so you haven't read their writing.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
They have a union, and they want to get paid more. This is what unions do.

It does seem likely that streaming services and changes in the TV/movie business are reducing their income. If the entertainment business is getting diluted and less profitable, that may be just the way it is.

Yep.
And sometimes when a union strikes it puts the employer out of business.
Which I would not consider a bad thing in this instance.