Comments on: On Xmas Eve Eve: “The widespread pain and hardship of this strike would cease instantly…”

By: Art Coordinator

Art Coordinator — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:15:51 +0000

I am beyond upset and angry about the strike. I am an art dept. coordinator and my boyfriend (who I live with) is a teamster. Needless to say we postponed Christmas this year. While we are pinching pennies to pay rent, bills, and UNION DUES the writer’s are doing well. They sold scripts before the strike, they are getting strike pay, their shows are rerunning (not sure but isn’t that a check in their pockets too.) and unemployment(?), all the while they are writing at home. (Once the strike is over they will have finished material to sell off.)
Denise I feel your pain. I’m in the same boat. IATSE should not take due payments while the strike is on. Now I am worried about our health insurance. God forbid the kids get sick and our insurance lapses due to the strike.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:00:56 +0000

Former BTL….AMEN!!

By: Former BTL

Former BTL — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:45:01 +0000

I’m actually the anonymous guy that posted the original comment.

You’re right camera guy, this is nothing more than a pissing contest. They even say, it’s no longer about the money but about old school Hollywood respect. In other words, it’s about power and control. The writers love to say that it all starts with them and that nothing will happen without them. Well, unless you’re Jack Black and Mos Def sans “Be Kind Rewind”, nothing gets done without almost EVERYONE.

I don’t work in the industry anymore but when I did, I noticed that most of these above the line people (save the ones that started at the bottom and worked their way up) can’t even go 25 feet down the hall to get coffee and have absolutely no clue to what people even do nor do they care to find out. Save a handful of people, the people that are BTL or were BTL are the only ones that actually have close to some intricate knowledge of the organized chaos called production (Line producers and UPMs exempt).

Let’s have IATSE hammer out a deal and force all the other guilds to swallow it. Better yet, I’d bet if you got all the experienced PAs, ADs, or Coordinators together and make them divvy up the money, it’d be the fairest deal you’d ever see.

By: Camera Guy

Camera Guy — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:06:37 +0000

I work for a major Camera Rental House, in the past few weeks I’ve seen the careers and the lives of the people I work with, unravel. People loosing their homes, having to go home and look their kids in the eyes, knowing they can’t afford Christmas. I’m not taking sides between the WGA and the AMPTP, but surely with the creative minds of the writers and the business minds of the Producers they could have set aside their inflated egos to come up with a better plan of action than a this. Thousands of peoples’ lives are being destroyed while those idiots have a pissing contest to see who can hold out the longest. The film industry brings in over 30 billion dollars a year for LA county I’m sure there’s enough to go around. They all need to get back to the table and not get up until a new deal is reached.

By: pat cracks

pat cracks — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:58:38 +0000

Another thing, these writers talk about teamsters like they are gods…wtf is up with that!

By: pat cracks

pat cracks — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:57:14 +0000

Yes I do to care to elaborate, This guy has never negotiated a deal, fails to mention that for every 10 writers 200 below the line crew are out of work. Theyre having rallys but they never mention the IATSE knowing that we are the majority in this, and they fail to seek a fair deal, trying to get a strike clause in the contract is just rediculous since everyone else has a no strike claue. All the writers are making alotta money and yet they still complain and whine about the internet.

By: The Truth

The Truth — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:04:34 +0000

The WGA Stole Christmas.

‘Nuff said.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:31:22 +0000

Pat–

Care to, ah, elaborate?

By: pat cracks

pat cracks — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:29:57 +0000

This guy winship is a fuckin idiot.

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:42:54 +0000

My husband is one of those worker from belwo the line who infact is being hurt every second this goes on. January first rent is due for our familys home we have nothing and now have to move…simple enough we have lost our home. Not anyone from this strike are even going to help us….we have lost