Word: guilds
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...think of one reason the Golden Globe Awards show might get a low Nielsen rating this year: it won't be on TV. That's a real possibility, since the Writers Guild, on strike since Nov. 5, has announced it will picket the Jan. 13 ceremony if it's aired on NBC or even as a webcast. (Especially as a webcast: the income that studios derive from the Internet, and don't share with writers, is one of the sticking points of the strike.) And if the writers haul their placards to the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the glamorous stars...
...India needs 4,000 air traffic controllers, but has only 1,500," says D.S. Raghavan, president of the Delhi-based Air Traffic Controllers' Guild. He says Indian traffic controllers work without weekly breaks to make up for the shortfall, which is against international norms and poses severe safety risks. "Given how stressful the job is, traffic controllers are allowed to work no more than eight hours a day, and 110 hours a month. But we work 10-hour shifts round the year...
...feel like you're in a unique situation because you're not a member of the Writers' Guild? Yeah. We're also predominantly interviews and music. We do a lot less scripted comedy than everybody else. We could come back earlier because it's possible for us to tweak our show. We observed the strike for a month, which I felt great about. I was happy we could honor the strikers for as long as we did. There was pressure for all of the late-night hosts and they came in many different forms and mine just came first...
...Writers Guild of America Strike Leader Jeffrey D. Melvoin...
...next group scheduled to start negotiating with the AMPTP, however, doesn't have that kind of baggage. The Director's Guild of America, whose contract expires in June, has a history of resolving its contracts six months early and with little drama. Like the writers, the directors are primarily concerned with reaping benefits from the entertainment industry's increasing reliance on new media. Out of deference to the writers, the directors have held off negotiating so far. But today the DGA issued a statement suggesting they may enter the fray as soon as the New Year. "The situation is dire...