tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9689036.post1381922184124075405..comments2023-09-20T07:32:30.188-06:00Comments on I quote myself.: I support the writers' strike.Shochohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11690069016080833597noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9689036.post-4845402483102034102007-11-14T14:00:00.000-07:002007-11-14T14:00:00.000-07:00QQ?QQ?TheGirardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682426990314724434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9689036.post-40005672969157669282007-11-14T07:43:00.000-07:002007-11-14T07:43:00.000-07:00Yep, that was Paragon. Wasn't that 14? Maybe not.Yep, that was Paragon. Wasn't that 14? Maybe not.Shochohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690069016080833597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9689036.post-30811709111975927382007-11-13T15:20:00.000-07:002007-11-13T15:20:00.000-07:00Chuck,Was this at Paragon? It may have been but I ...Chuck,<BR/><BR/>Was this at Paragon? It may have been but I don't remember that as being the local number. I know later we joined the CWA, (Communication Workers of America). I always thought it was strange that Jack and Paul, (the owners), were in the union, but I guess it is similar to Steve Carrell or David Letterman being in the writers guild even though they seem like management.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9689036.post-10779476510419904072007-11-13T11:35:00.000-07:002007-11-13T11:35:00.000-07:00Being on the wage negotiation team of Local 48 IB...Being on the wage negotiation team of Local 48 IBEW (international brotherhood of electrical workers, never mind that there are plenty of sisters now in the brotherhood) was one of the last nails in the coffin of my being a full time electrician. Dealing with bosses as a worker is absolutely infuriating. <BR/><BR/>This video is a great resource to explain this strike to folks, the demands sound absolutely reasonable, rock on. <BR/><BR/>Tho, I hang my head in sorrow for the inevitable bump in "reality tv" that happens during writers strikes. I don't watch much TV (at friends' houses occasionally) that isn't on DVD, but these shows seem to have lowered the bar on U.S. culture even further than it had already fallen over my lifetime.Bpaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009087847894914228noreply@blogger.com