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There are six men who run the multi-media conglomerates, the companies that control almost everything you see on tv or in the movies. These individual CEOs have the power and influence to make a fair deal and end the strike, if they choose.
CBS Corporation
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
http://www.cbscorporation.com/
Jeffrey Immelt, CEO
General Electric (NBC/Universal)
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
http://www.nbcuni.com/
Rupert Murdoch, Chairman, CEO
News Corporation (Fox)
1211 Avenue of the Americas8th floor
New York, NY 10036
http://www.newscorp.com/
Jeffrey L. Bewkes, President, COO
Time Warner Inc. (Warner Brothers)
1 Time Warner Center
New York, NY 10019
http://www.timewarner.com/
Robert Iger, President, CEO
Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
corporate.disney.go.com
Sumner Redstone, Chairman
Viacom
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
http://www.viacom.com/
Contact them TODAY!
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5 comments:
I have heard more than a few otherwise labor supporting folks pooh-pooh the writers strike.
It is easy to imagine the uber-rich writer, that rare bird, sitting in their SoCal mansion overlooking the Hollywood Hills, thinking about the next high end purchase, exotic vacation and so forth.
RARE BIRD is the operative phrase. Many writers, most of them, toil in obscurity. They may get that one hit show, but other than a few shows, how many hits last a long, long time? Few.
So what they make on the residuals and also the aftermarket matters.
And so it goes with film writers too.
The reality is this- the people with the real power and the real money are the ones who want to hold back on the writers. It is that simple.
We have become so used to criticizing those appear greedy rather than those who are truly greedy.
That is not to say that there are unions and so forth who are less than honest, but the real power lies in the hands of the top folks.
I am and will be until 12/31/07, a senior executive at a large company. In recent years there have been threats of unionizing in one portion of the workforce. I can not tell you what the reaction at the top has been. I am not in the first rotation of the sun or even the second. Which is a post in and of itself of too many senior executives.
They will spend any amount to derail those efforts. Not spend any of that on actual pay, work conditions or health care improvements. No paying lawyers and consultants on how to keep the union out and then they pay themselves bigger salaries and bonuses to congratulate themselves on "efficiency improvement and productivity gains".
Thank God I have never been at any of those tables. And 12/31/07, despite the risks I take financially, can't come soon enough.
My husband is in a union that the owner is desperately trying to break. He is off to a rally in a little while. Let's see what happens.
Thanks for your insight, Fran. What makes this so appauling is that the writers are asking for cents, while the production company gets dollars!
No one ever seems to want to pay for creativity. Yet it is SUCH a talent!
Let the CEO's try and do what the writers do ... then they will appreciate their efforts.
BAC
Does the money from this go to the writers strike fund?
BAC
I doubt it- I saw similar looking spam type comments on other posts. Ick. I could be wrong though, but my instinct says no.
Mine, too ... which is why I asked. The link in this post takes readers to a place where they can donate to the writers strike fund. That would be a better way to support the writers.
BAC
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