Reply #2: They're getting ROYALLY ripped off [View All]

With the advent of "reality televisions" -- which is, for the most part, scripted --, the writers who work on those shows aren't under Union Rules and, because of this, get screwed seven ways to Sunday on a daily -- perhaps hourly! -- basis. Add to that the move from the Studios to basically null-and-void any of the financial agreements in contracts with talent (writers, actors, etc.) when the Film or TV show hits cable or other forms of "alternative media" and, yeah, the Writers have every reason to strike.

I think most people getting unapologetically -- and, in some cases, in a gleefully sadistic way -- f*cked by their Bosses would be angry enough to walk out.