Ron Paul Crosses Writers’ Picket Line
5th December 2007
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Loading ...Who’s sticking up for striking writers? Not presidential candidate Ron Paul, the Republican congressman from Texas.
Paul became the first presidential candidate to cross the picket line of the Writers Guild yesterday when he appeared on ABC’s “The View.”
The television writers have been on strike since Nov. 5, seeking a fair share of revenue from online broadcasts, DVDs and other electronic formats. The union returned to the bargaining table yesterday in the continuing effort to achieve a fair contract. While so far no other Republican candidate has crossed a picket line, none has made a significant effort to support striking workers this year.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Why on earth should any government official “support” a strike? It’s none of their business. A strike such as this one is between the writers and the owners/producers/etc. of television and movies. It should be resolved between them. If writers are that important, and irreplacable, then they will eventually get what they want. If it turns out that they are not worth the extra consideration, they won’t.
People who ask for government “support” should remember that such support can go either way. The only thing the government should be doing is making sure there is no physical violence involved in the negotiation process, in their duties as law enforcement agents.
If you ask for anything else, you are giving Uncle Sam too much power over what should be a contractual dispute between two parties.
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