In Solidarity with the Writers Guild of America Strike, JVoices shutting down
13Nov2007 Filed under: JVoices, Strike, Worker's Rights, Writing Author: Cole Krawitz
Today, a number of TV blogs are shutting down in solidarity with the writers on strike.
We’re a blog with many writers who support our work and write for us. We’ve enjoyed the promise of new media as an open source venue for our voices.
Now, we’re shutting down our site in solidarity with writers demanding fair and equitable pay for their work, calling on corporations to take into account how new media has vastly changed what royalties should look like. So JVoices is shutting down in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America strike. Not for just one day though. We’re shutting down until victory is won for WGA workers!
You can keep up with the strike on United Hollywood, sign a petition in support of the writers and call the studios listed below voicing your support for the writers and a return to the negotiating table.
FOX
10201 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(310) 369-1000
CBS
7800 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 575-2345
ABC
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
(818) 460-7777
NBC / Universal
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
(818) 777-1000
Also, take a look at two short films below, the first giving an intro to why WGA is on strike, the second clips from a rally on the fifth day of the strike with 5,000 WGA members in front of FOX studios.
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Chorus of Apes
November 20th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
I’m all for solidarity with the striking writers, however, I’m not sure shutting down a blog with an all volunteer roster is going to do much good. Better would be to post every day with updates about the strike and supportive words for the strikers. If jvoices doesn’t publish for a week, two weeks, you may permanently loose readers, which would be a shame. I say, use jvoices as another opportunity to help promote the cause of justice. Going silent doesn’t help anyone.
Cole Krawitz
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:02 pm
all good points chorus of apes. we didn’t know how long the strike would necessarily go on, so we may reevaluate how we proceed.
Tucker Lieberman
December 2nd, 2007 at 2:51 pm
I’d welcome supportive posts about fair pay for writers.
A tidbit from this week’s Economist (Dec 1-7): “the Democrats cancelled a forthcoming television debate because they do not want to cross a writers’ picket at the studio.”
Reader
December 5th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
You show ‘em, JVoices! Nothing says, “Fuck you, Hollywood bigwigs!” like a media freeze from a little Jewish blog.
Nothing about this post makes sense. It’s not like the Guild members are striking against the act of writing. You fundamentally misunderstand what “solidarity” means, stretching it beyond any useful definition. Way to go.
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