Originally posted by: Zion
Wow. Am I the only person here who understands what a union does and why they are necessary? Let me ask you this. Imagine your favorite fast food chain suddenly doubled all their prices. Would you get pissed at the restaurant, get pissed at the beef distributors nationwide who are causing the price hike, or perhaps you'd just say, "fuck those stupid cows, it's their fault because they taste so good."
I would eat somewhere else, just like I'm doing now. The only network tv programs we watch are the news. As much as I miss Heros, 24, and Smallville, they aren't really that important to me.
Originally posted by: Arnie.d
Without unions companies can screw their employees how they want and there won't be a balance. Seems to me the writers aren't getting what they deserve. If actors (and everyone else involved) get a fair percentage why can't the writers get that also?
Wow. Am I the only person here who understands what a union does and why they are necessary? Let me ask you this. Imagine your favorite fast food chain suddenly doubled all their prices. Would you get pissed at the restaurant, get pissed at the beef distributors nationwide who are causing the price hike, or perhaps you'd just say, "fuck those stupid cows, it's their fault because they taste so good."
I would eat somewhere else, just like I'm doing now. The only network tv programs we watch are the news. As much as I miss Heros, 24, and Smallville, they aren't really that important to me.
Originally posted by: Arnie.d
Without unions companies can screw their employees how they want and there won't be a balance. Seems to me the writers aren't getting what they deserve. If actors (and everyone else involved) get a fair percentage why can't the writers get that also?
Unions can, and have, done the same thing. Remember the Grocery workers strike from a few years ago? The only ones that came out better with that deal were the older employees, new employees got screwed.
And what you're forgetting is that if a company does decide to screw its employees however they want, pretty soon word will get out that it's a shitty place to work for. People will quit and go work elsewhere or start up new companies to compete with the existing one. Eventually, the company will go out of business. I've seen this happen first hand and it's not pretty when you're working for the shithole company. Thankfully, I got out and got a different job before they went completely under and then didn't give the "loyal employees" their severance pay. Companies like that just simply don't last long.