1988 Writers Strike

The Buyers' Long Term Plan, and an Idea for the WGA

Alec Baldwin | Posted 12.04.2007 | Entertainment


Alec Baldwin

The strike may go on for a variety of reasons. On one hand, the writers are cursed because they are right on most issues but they are awful negotiators. The studios have a different problem.

Remembrance of Strikes Past

Sherman Yellen | Posted 11.07.2007 | Entertainment


Sherman Yellen

I have lived through several strikes. But the one that remains clearest in my mind was the strike of 1988 when we struck for comparable reasons to the current strike.