[lbo-talk] Writers' strike

Marta Russell ap888 at lafn.org
Sun Jan 13 11:07:43 PST 2008


The directors are about to jump in now. Let's hope they back the writers, then both can get somewhere. Marta

On Jan 12, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Joanna wrote:


> You're right on. But I don't know if its class conscious. It's more
> like
> "it's creative labor".
>
> Joanna
>
> Mike Ballard wrote:
>> You know what's REALLY interesting about this strike? It's that
>> the writers
>> are asking for a share of the product of their labour. That's
>> mind blowingly
>> class conscious. Imagine a industry-wide strike in say mining, in
>> which the
>> workers demanded a share of the profits from the ore that they
>> collectively got
>> mined and marketed.
>>
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzRHlpEmr0w
>>
>> Mike B)
>>
>> "Would you have freedom from wage-slavery.." Joe Hill
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