[Tig] another writer's strike?

[Rob Lingelbach]

looks like it may be coming next month, another (for those who were
around 20 years ago) writer's strike in the US.  There were comments
in the LA Times article of today that there will be much less of an
effect than there was 20 years ago (it really hurt the industry
then)
if it happens, because the studios are now "all owned by media
conglomerates with big pockets."   But the writers themselves feel
they got a raw deal in 1988 when they accepted lower residuals for
home video sales, which accelerated into the ozone in 1988 much
faster and higher than the writers had thought they would.   Anyway,
some quotes from
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ballot20oct20,0,5815445.story?coll=la-home-center

(sorry if that wraps badly- the story is pretty much the lead
entertainment story in any US newspaper today.)
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The vote -- sought by guild leaders to give them more leverage in
negotiations that have been stymied by deep differences -- marked
the first time writers have voted on such an authorization since
1988. That vote paved the way for a 22-week strike that cost the
entertainment industry an estimated $500 million.

The vote doesn't mean there will be an immediate strike, but it
gives guild leaders the option of calling one sometime after the
expiration of the contract.

Few were surprised by the results announced Friday, given that
contract talks have been highly contentious and both sides have
spent months preparing for a showdown.

-- 
Rob Lingelbach  rob at colorist.org
http://www.colorist.org/robhome.html