Nikki Finke’s new column up at Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that heavy hitter agents at the big companies are trying to bring the WGA and the AMPTP back to the table. We’ll see how this goes. The studios left the bargaining process. We’ve been waiting for them to come back all along. But we’ll see…
Week Two of the strike is upon us. No picketing planned for Monday here in New York City, but there are major strike actions planned for both Tuesday and Wednesday here in town:
Tuesday, November 13th
10:00am – 2:00pm
Northeast Corner of Battery Park, corner of State St. and Bowling Green
The media conglomerates are busy bragging about new media profits to their shareholders while crying poverty to writers. On Tuesday we’re going to Wall Street directly to set the record straight. We’ll hear from Guild leaders and then spread our message throughout the Financial District with leafleting around the NYSE.
Wednesday, November 14th
10:00am – 2:00pm
World of Disney Store
711 5th Avenue (5th Avenue and 55th Street)On Wednesday we’ll meet at the Disney Store to demand that Disney recognize the work of writers, work that is being sold at a stunning pace inside their store as well as on the internet. We demand that Disney fairly compensates their writers whenever and wherever their work is shown and sold
Come on down and show your support if you can. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with a quote by Mahatma Ghandi on the protest against great power by convicted men determined to win what’s theirs:
“First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.”
See you on the picket line…
