TV strike

Here's a more detailed article about the potential writer's strike in TV, and some of the issues at stake in the negotiations. Residuals on new media broadcasts appear to be one of the major sticking points; usually union negotiations seem to mainly play out in the media, but with an annoying lack of detail, so you can't figure out whether any side is taking too hard a stance or is asking for unreasonable things. I'm also kind of surprised that a lot of the TV writers are working around the clock trying to finish scripts. You'd think that if there was a lot of bad blood about the residuals, that they would obviously do their job in the runup to the strike, but would not necessarily work overtime.