HP & DH Movie

[Carol]

Carol:
>  Anyone besides me think that the writers' strike has gotten out of
 hand, hurting more people than it's helping and that it's time to settle?
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>  Carol, who would resent being unable to work just because others
were demanding higher wages (surely there's a better way to negotiate)
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> Kemper now:
> They aren't asking for higher wages.  They are asking for the fair
compensation from their work that is sold/distributed through other
mediums.  The producers receive the profit from all the mediums.  Why
shouldn't the writer's get their due?

Carol responds:

I'm not saying that the writers shouldn't get their due, only that
they are keeping others from working--actors, directors, film crews.
Even the caterers and hairstylists suffered as a result of the
writers' strike causing the Golden Globes to be a nonevent. And the
writers themselves can't even write. They're being controlled by the
union. How fair is that? Strikes that interfere with everyday life,
such as teachers' strikes or public transportation strikes, are
generally short. When I was in England, the transportation workers
arranged a strike in advance, announcing to the public when it would
be held so that commuters could make other arrangements on that day.
The writers' strike, however, is going on and on, with no end in
sight, regardless of how many people, including the writers
themselves, are suffering as a result.

Enough is enough. It's time, IMO, to negotiate.

Carol, who can live with reruns on television and delayed movie
production but wonders how the people more directly affected by the
strike feel about it