| Whenever we turn on our television sets on we | | | | negotiate until the writers stop striking. |
| expect to be able to see our favorite shows. | | | | This has created a deadlock. |
| We have network channels, cable channels, and | | | | |
| satellite channels to choose from. | | | | NBC nightly news reported that combining |
| | | | everyone that has been affected financially, |
| We wait from one season to the next to see | | | | the cost of the strike is about one billion |
| the many shows that we love to watch. This | | | | dollars. |
| year we have hit a little snag with some of | | | | |
| these shows due to the writer's strike. | | | | These financial aspects of the strike |
| | | | trickles down to all kinds of workers |
| The writer's strike has been going on now for | | | | associated with the shows and movies |
| weeks and weeks. It started back in November | | | | affected. Cast and crew members, caterers, |
| and though some progress has thought to have | | | | costume companies, and even janitorial |
| been made, it is not over yet. If you are an | | | | services are all being touched because of |
| average person who just wants to watch | | | | this strike. |
| television, the issues concerning the strike | | | | |
| might not interest you that much. | | | | After reading this much, you now might be |
| | | | curious as to what exactly the writers want. |
| It does interest the more than 12,000 writers | | | | One issue is the residuals that come from the |
| that decided to strike because they want | | | | marketing of DVD's. The DVD home video market |
| better terms. They are members of the Writers | | | | has become a huge business, and to make a |
| Guild of America East and West. These are | | | | long story short, writers think they deserve |
| labor unions and they represent writers that | | | | a bigger and fairer piece of this pie. |
| work on television as well as radio and | | | | |
| films. | | | | New media like that which can be viewed over |
| | | | the internet and on cell phones and union |
| They are striking against The Alliance of | | | | jurisdiction over reality program and |
| Motion Pictures and Television Producers. | | | | animation writers are both issues that are |
| This alliance consist of many big production | | | | also being argued over. The Writers Guilds |
| company names like Warner Brothers, Walt | | | | normally renegotiate issues with the AMPTP |
| Disney Productions, MGM, and many more. | | | | every three years, but because of these three |
| | | | problems, no contract could be reached this |
| The writers want to strike until their | | | | time. |
| conditions are met and the AMPTP will not | | | | |