November 2010
Strikes can be defined as a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to perform work. I heard someone the other day in class discussing the writers guild of america strike in 2007-2008. I heard the strike mainly being called "writers strike'. Writers Guild of America is the main union for screenwriters in the United States. There are two portions of the union, Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West. They are labor unions to represent film, television, and radio writers in America. I wanted to research more about the strike so here is some of the information I learned....
The strike began on November 5, 2007 and there were more than 12,000 writers on strike. It ended around February 12, 2008. That is quite a long strike. Their goal was supposedly about not getting enough money as compared to the profits people were receiving at the larger studios. They got what they wanted and the board unanimously approved the "deal" to receive more money and around 92 percent ended the strike. An economist, Jack Kyser said that the WGOA lost around 2.1 billion dollars with the strike. I wonder if the strike was worth the loss.
When a company goes on strike I always wonder if the loss of work is worth the money lost. When employees go on strike I always wonder if they make up the money they lost from not working or if it usually puts their company in the hole.
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