Aren’t unions wonderful?
NBC put off the inevitable as long as it could, so it says.
The network confirmed Friday that nearly 80 nonwriting members of The Tonight Show staff have been laid off, as NBC previously said would happen if no arrangement could be made to get either Jay Leno or a guest back into the host’s chair by the end of the month.
The trade also reports that crew members have been told that there’s no guarantee they’ll be rehired once shooting resumes, though Leno told them when the strike began that they would be taken care of.
NBC and Sci-Fi Channel parent Universal Media Studios has also exercised the force majeur clause in the contracts of Screen Actors Guild members, suspending the regular casts of 30 Rock, The Office, Bionic Woman and Battlestar Galactica for five weeks with a 50 percent pay cut.
But Universal is by no means the only one feeling the pinch. Sony Pictures TV suspended Til Death and Rules of Engagement regulars without pay, much to the consternation of SAG and the American Federation of TV and Radio Artists, and Warner Bros. TV has informed employees that layoffs are inevitable if the strike continues.
So, let me get this straight: the writers union goes on strike, and puts others out of work. Good job, folks!
As for the Fox Porn
Yeah, yeah, it comes from a hate fox affiliated site, but, it is still funny, mostly because it is true.
Teach does not believe in the right of workers to not work.
They are welcome to not work. However, what they are doing is affecting other peoples livelihoods. That is wrong.
Personally, I tend to like service unions. They actually make my job as a manager much easier.