Sunday, November 18, 2007

Writers of the World Plan Protests in Support of the WGA

Writers from multiple countries -- including Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Mexico, and Britain -- will be showing their support for the ongoing Writers Guild Strike by staging what is being billed as an "international day of solidarity." About 21,000 writers will be taking part in various protests in the aforementioned cities on November 28.

The plan was hatched at a meeting of the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds, which took place in Montreal last Thursday. Members realized that a contract that undermines and shortchanges their American counterparts will have a ripple effect in their own countries.