The Striking Writers Speak!

TIME: "The last three weeks of picketing and chanting in Hollywood has had a certain period charm. As it turns out, writers dress a lot like steelworkers. When the writers and producers resume talks Nov. 26 to try to end a strike that has shut down hit shows like Grey's Anatomy and 30 Rock and big-budget movies like The Da Vinci Code sequel Angels & Demons, the major sticking point will be pay for work distributed via new media. Such a contemporary issue calls for updating strike techniques."