http://www.james-strocel.com/well-what-do-you-know/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.james-strocel.com/well-what-do-you-know/comment-page-1/#comment-6668 James Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:29:50 +0000 http://www.james-strocel.com/2008/01/08/well-what-do-you-know/#comment-6668 That may be the case in some labor negotiations, but later in the article the author states that the union negotiators left DVD sales off the table, a medium from which writers take no royalty revenue. The AMPTP left the table entirely, because their mandate was that they could deliver the same contract as they had before (No DVD royalties, no Internet royalties). If it the deal wasn't so severe, you wouldn't have the Director's guild and Screen actor's guild worried about the precedent it might set. That may be the case in some labor negotiations, but later in the article the author states that the union negotiators left DVD sales off the table, a medium from which writers take no royalty revenue. The AMPTP left the table entirely, because their mandate was that they could deliver the same contract as they had before (No DVD royalties, no Internet royalties). If it the deal wasn’t so severe, you wouldn’t have the Director’s guild and Screen actor’s guild worried about the precedent it might set.

]]> http://www.james-strocel.com/well-what-do-you-know/comment-page-1/#comment-6657 Ted Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:55:03 +0000 http://www.james-strocel.com/2008/01/08/well-what-do-you-know/#comment-6657 Of course, the corrollary to the story is that the union doesn't want a fair and equitable deal either. It wants the best deal it can get. This is the way that people do business, especially in the world of labour negotiations. The union bosses have to add value as well. So this is a bit of the pot calling the kettle black. Of course, the corrollary to the story is that the union doesn’t want a fair and equitable deal either. It wants the best deal it can get. This is the way that people do business, especially in the world of labour negotiations. The union bosses have to add value as well. So this is a bit of the pot calling the kettle black.

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