Union Strikes

Private Equity to Rockford Workers: Because We're Swine, You Walk the Line

Kerry Candaele | Posted 12.23.2007 | Politics

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Kerry Candaele

Rockford, Illinois, deserves a second look this holiday season, as 137 men and women walk a picket line in sub-zero weather.

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Hollywood Rallies As Strike Drags On

New York Times | Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes | Posted 11.21.2007 | Media

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un Tzu, the Chinese sage, warned of the danger in prolonged conflict. "Let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns," he wrote in "The Art ...

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Strike Carries Hefty $21.3M/Day Price Tag

Los Angeles Times | Richard Verrier and Andrea Chang | Posted 11.21.2007 | Media

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As thousands of TV and film writers marched along Hollywood Boulevard in the third week of their strike, film officials put a price tag on the potenti...

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Can The "Daily Show" And "Colbert Report" Survive The Strike?

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 11.20.2007 | Media

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The tentpoles of Comedy Central have recorded ratings declines in the first two weeks of the writers' strike. Both "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" ...

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Inflatable Rats, Cookies, and Staggering Ineptitude: A Tale of Hunting Writers

Nicholas Brown | Posted 11.20.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Inflatable Rat, Writers' Strike Opinion, Union Strikes, Writers' Strike, Hollywood Strike, WGA Strike, Tina Fey, Hollywood, Labor Unions, Entertainment News
Nicholas Brown

Marvin and I are writers. But we don't get paid for writing. We would like to change that. For us, the writers' strike is an unparalleled networking opportunity. So we are making cookies.

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