The Writer's Strike
According to The Conservative Voice:
I hate labor unions. They have a purpose I suppose, protecting the little guy from the company. The real problem with labor unions though is who is protecting me from the union?
In fact most unions have the game rigged so that you need them a heck of a lot more than they need you. Pretty sweet deal for them - setting up their own little monopoly on labor in a particular field.
But all this said, I'm going to go on record as siding with the Writer's Guild of America (WGA) against the Hollywood Studios.
Partially this is a kiss up - people who don't support the union tend to get blacklisted and *never* work anywhere ever again. Being a screen writer myself, this would obviously be a bad thing. (As I said, who's protecting me from the union?)
But mostly I'm supporting the WGA because I think they're right.
I've worked in a lot of businesses in my time but none have ever been as cut throat and backstabbing as screenwriting. In my short tenure in the 'biz' I can't believe some of the rotten, mean things I've seen so far. A lot of script "contests" are actually idea collection scams for established writers. Some writers like to "collaborate" with other writers (only they're really stealing your contacts.) Nefarious production people changing two lines of your script so that they can give themselves a coauthorship credit...click to continue.
