CWA Supports Striking Writers Guild Members

Members of CWA, TNG-CWA and NABET-CWA are actively supporting striking members of the Writers Guild of America.

From joining picket lines to a support ad in the trade paper Daily Variety, CWA members have made it clear that the main issue that forced the strike – a fair share of the revenue generated by writers' work, whether in digital "new media" or traditional outlets – is an issue shared by CWA members who work in journalism, broadcasting and other creative fields. "It's not fair for media corporations to reap billions in profits without reasonable pay for the creative people doing the work," CWA said in its Variety ad.

In a letter to WGA members, CWA President Larry Cohen, TNG-CWA President Linda Foley and NABET-CWA President John Clark praised their "bold, brave action" as necessary in a world that each day is more dominated by new media.

"Because of your strike, many people outside our industries are grasping these critical issues for the first time. The public understands that it is not fair for media corporations to reap the profits of a new information age at the expense of the creative people doing the actual work," they wrote.