It is all about taking on the conglomerates, outfits that want to destroy unions.
I like this take by one prominent actress:
Marg Helgenberger (“CSI”) spoke with the WSWS:
“I don’t think that the writers are asking for a whole lot. They should be fairly compensated for the fact that this content is being streamed on the Internet. It appears from everything that I’ve read that ad revenues are coming in, so that there is money that is being generated. It’s a little bit disingenuous for the companies to say it’s not. And it clearly is the future.
“The movie screen and the computer screen are going to be one and the same. The companies have so much money so they think they can hold out. They know how much money there is in the future and they don’t want to give it up.
“It’s no surprise that Rupert Murdoch wants to bust the union. He boasts about it. I think what they’re trying to do is bust the union.
“I think it’s horrible that so much of the media is in the hands of big corporations. I think it’s horrible that it was allowed to happen. The fact that there are monopolies all over the place and they control the news. So many people have been so disappointed about how the news about the strike has been skewed. There’s so little written about the strike. This big rally at Fox was relegated to the second page of the business section in the LA Times. I want to boycott these publications because there is no such thing as fair and accurate reporting.
“It used to be just Fox, Mr. Murdoch’s company that used to be bad but today, it’s all of them. Despite this, the population supports the strike because they think if you can take on the conglomerates ... people with a little bit of clout are speaking for a lot of people that can’t speak out—like the guy making minimum wage. So if the writers can get their fair share and actors and directors can get their fair share then it will be a great victory for the whole labor movement.”
There is more here. The strike could go on for weeks or even months.
