Strike Two

As you all know the stage hand strike is now over and NY is back to normal, or as normal as NY can be.

Before the stage hands there was and still is the writers strike.

You probably didn't notice it yet because unlike live Broadway shows, the writes write for shows that are recorded and then aired at a later time.

This along with reruns gives most shows some time to figure it things out.

The strike does have immediate affect on live shows such as Leno and Letterman.

I am not going to get into why.

In todays AmNy (a free daily newspaper which I personally love and read cover to cover) reported that late night hosts such as Letterman, Leno, Kimmel, Colbert, and Stewart are "spreading holiday cheer" by keeping their staff on payroll through the end of December.

Why?? I understand that they are not striking and have nothing to do with the strike. But if there is no work then there should be no pay.

Cold hearted? Yes! Rational? Yes!

The way I see it: Unions need to learn once and for all that, while they are trying to better themselves they are hurting so many others.