The companies (through the trades) will tell you that they offered writers a bit more money and we are striking anyway. The truth is, that money was conditioned on keeping open the loopholes they will use to not actually ever give us the money. We know this because they currently use those loopholes not to pay us. What is the point of setting a rate for writers rooms, when they’ve invented something called a mini room, and if they call it a mini room, they’ve decided that means they can pay you less?

I’ve seen a couple of tweet’s responding to WGA writers talking about the potential strike saying “You’re just broke because you don’t write on hit shows.” Lol, funny story, writing on hits doesn’t make you any more money! That’s a big part of the problem! Let me explain: So back in the day when something like Friends was a hit they sold it to other networks to re-air. So when you see Friends on Nick at Nite (yeah y’all, we old), those writers are still getting a check. As they should because we are still enjoying their work.