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Striking Writers Need Your Help
Target: Network ExecutivesSponsored by: Care2
Writers are the creative minds behind the shows and movies we all love to watch. But 12,000 entertainment writers have been on strike since early November.
More and more TV shows are going to go off the air because of the stinginess of the studios.
Writers want fair compensation when their content is streamed on the Internet by the networks. Right now, writers get nothing for this work - even if it's written exclusively for online audiences - and the studios want to keep it that way.
It's estimated that the companies will bring in a whopping $4.6 billion over the next three years through the Internet - and they don't want to give the writers a penny.
Send a message to Hollywood executives: It's time to treat your writers fairly!
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We signed the “Striking Writers Need Your Help” petition!
# 150:
3:37 pm PST, Jan 3,
ROBERT STREBECK, Texas
# 149:
3:37 pm PST, Jan 3,
Sarah Sercombe, Michigan
# 148:
3:36 pm PST, Jan 3,
Amanda Burns, Texas
# 147:
3:36 pm PST, Jan 3,
Peggy Nyland, Florida
# 146:
3:35 pm PST, Jan 3,
Kourtny Becker, Texas
# 144:
3:34 pm PST, Jan 3,
Name not displayed, Ohio
# 143:
3:33 pm PST, Jan 3,
Shellie Donbrosky, Michigan
# 142:
3:33 pm PST, Jan 3,
Linda Minisce, Rhode Island
The writers are the foundation of each show. You are foolish to treat them with so little reguard.
The writers are the foundation of each show. You are foolish to treat them with so little reguard.
# 141:
3:33 pm PST, Jan 3,
Linda Lindsay', New Jersey
# 140:
3:33 pm PST, Jan 3,
Lourdes Sanchez, California
# 139:
3:31 pm PST, Jan 3,
Julie Kirby, Oregon
# 138:
3:30 pm PST, Jan 3,
C. Sanford, California
If you don't make money on this stuff, neither do they and you can't do any of this without them, so pay them what's fair and let's let everyone get back to work.
If you don't make money on this stuff, neither do they and you can't do any of this without them, so pay them what's fair and let's let everyone get back to work.
# 137:
3:30 pm PST, Jan 3,
Michelle Thom, Arizona
# 136:
3:28 pm PST, Jan 3,
Anthony Dosado, Illinois
# 135:
3:28 pm PST, Jan 3,
Karen Mott, New York
# 134:
3:27 pm PST, Jan 3,
E George Strasser, New Jersey
# 133:
3:27 pm PST, Jan 3,
Pamela Lau, California
# 132:
3:27 pm PST, Jan 3,
Bob Reid, Indiana
# 131:
3:26 pm PST, Jan 3,
Name not displayed, California
# 130:
3:25 pm PST, Jan 3,
John Meiser, Oregon
Fair Pay for Fair Work! The writers deserve better!
Fair Pay for Fair Work! The writers deserve better!
# 129:
3:25 pm PST, Jan 3,
April Davila, Colorado
Jesus how stingy can people be..well I guess pretty stingy, give them what they want OR maybe the writers should buy their own building and become big conglomerates like the people who don't want to pay them.
Jesus how stingy can people be..well I guess pretty stingy, give them what they want OR maybe the writers should buy their own building and become big conglomerates like the people who don't want to pay them.
# 128:
3:25 pm PST, Jan 3,
Karen (Belladonna) Dull, New Jersey
# 127:
3:24 pm PST, Jan 3,
Kathrin Kraft, California
# 126:
3:24 pm PST, Jan 3,
Niki Castello, Idaho
# 125:
3:24 pm PST, Jan 3,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 124:
3:24 pm PST, Jan 3,
Moira L. Nelson, California
# 123:
3:23 pm PST, Jan 3,
PAUL WILLIAMS, Texas
# 122:
3:23 pm PST, Jan 3,
Janet Lloyd, Connecticut
# 121:
3:22 pm PST, Jan 3,
Tanya Treat, Washington
# 120:
3:22 pm PST, Jan 3,
Mark Woolwine, Illinois
# 119:
3:22 pm PST, Jan 3,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 118:
3:20 pm PST, Jan 3,
Terri Lawrence, California
# 117:
3:20 pm PST, Jan 3,
Donna Rudy, Florida
Give them what they want they are needed people. Want to thank them for all the shows I watch on tv.
Give them what they want they are needed people. Want to thank them for all the shows I watch on tv.
# 116:
3:19 pm PST, Jan 3,
Jeri Brain, Michigan
# 115:
3:19 pm PST, Jan 3,
Christine Baker, Colorado
# 114:
3:18 pm PST, Jan 3,
Betty Carpenter, Virginia
Pay the writers.
Pay the writers.
# 113:
3:17 pm PST, Jan 3,
Brian JP Craig, New Jersey
# 112:
3:16 pm PST, Jan 3,
Michael Z., Texas
Lets face it, Every day you lose millions of dollars and thousands of fans, we dont want to see re-runs forever, so just agree to there terms!
Lets face it, Every day you lose millions of dollars and thousands of fans, we dont want to see re-runs forever, so just agree to there terms!
# 111:
3:15 pm PST, Jan 3,
Name not displayed, California
# 110:
3:15 pm PST, Jan 3,
Christine Renn, California
# 109:
3:14 pm PST, Jan 3,
Laken Pugsley, Ohio
# 108:
3:13 pm PST, Jan 3,
Denise Murphy, Massachusetts
# 107:
3:13 pm PST, Jan 3,
Aleta Orlandoni, Florida
# 106:
3:12 pm PST, Jan 3,
Ellen McBride, California
# 105:
3:11 pm PST, Jan 3,
Name not displayed, California
Let's face it, producer greed is the only reason this strike has not yet been settled. And it's beyond me how the producers can not be enternally grateful to writers for creating product for them! How is this possible?!? GIVE THE WRITERS THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE PROFITS. STOP BEING GREEDY. QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S DISGUSTING.
Let's face it, producer greed is the only reason this strike has not yet been settled. And it's beyond me how the producers can not be enternally grateful to writers for creating product for them! How is this possible?!? GIVE THE WRITERS THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE PROFITS. STOP BEING GREEDY. QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S DISGUSTING.
# 104:
3:11 pm PST, Jan 3,
Brenda LaLande, Michigan
# 103:
3:11 pm PST, Jan 3,
Fiona Nolan, California
I pay a lot of money for cable and am finding it harder and harder to find good shows to watch. We need writers in order to have good shows, pay them. I am sure the network executives get paid well! I am seriously considering Netflix and dumping cable and TV all together I am so disheartened by the repeats and bad reality TV these days. This might push me towards that action.
I pay a lot of money for cable and am finding it harder and harder to find good shows to watch. We need writers in order to have good shows, pay them. I am sure the network executives get paid well! I am seriously considering Netflix and dumping cable and TV all together I am so disheartened by the repeats and bad reality TV these days. This might push me towards that action.
# 102:
3:11 pm PST, Jan 3,
Jacqui Dixon, California
# 101:
3:10 pm PST, Jan 3,
Jon Swallow, Mississippi