{"id":1841,"date":"2008-02-10T17:17:32","date_gmt":"2008-02-10T17:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=1841"},"modified":"2008-02-10T17:17:32","modified_gmt":"2008-02-10T17:17:32","slug":"collective_barg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=1841","title":{"rendered":"Collective Bargaining"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the Writers Guild of America look set to return to work<\/a> after negotiators struck a tentative deal with the studios, bringing a likely end to a three-month strike. As a regular viewer of the fake news programs, both Colbert and Stewart have impressed me with their improvisational kung foo. Colbert has been particularly good. This interview with anti-immigration demagogue Lou Dobbs, conducted entirely in Spanish by alter-ego Esteban Colberto, had me in tears:<\/p>\n

Still, both shows will only get better once the writers return. I’m no Hollywood lawyer, but the proposed deal ending the strike establishes an important precedent by giving writers a cut of the digital media pie. And while this strike’s effects were limited to the entertainment industry, it demonstrates that unions still matter in this country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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