| Toward a Long Range Evaluation of the Writers' Strike |
 Toward a Long Range Evaluation of the Writers' Strike
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Feb. 23rd, 2008 @ 05:18 pm 
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“The writers' strike has been the most successful strike in this country since the 1997 UPS strike,” WGA West President Patric Verrone said on a Los Angeles radio show. “What it's done is to show that collective action on the part of workers can actually have a successful result. This is historic.”
This I think is a realistic evaluation of the strike by Patric Verrone. It gives the due emphasis to collective action and solidarity without overselling the results.
I also think the comparison with the 1997 UPS strike is apt. It was a strike that gained public support in ways that surprised the company bosses. And it was a strike that gave hope to others in similar industries. A full evaluation of the writers' strike cannot be written yet, but one aspect of such an evaluation must be measuring the ripple effects on other unions, beginning of course with the entertainment unions.
Jerry Monaco |
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