The fact that the negotiators would jointly accept that responsibility to come to an agreement and then allow a strike because of stubbornness or hyperbole is nothing short of preposterous. The livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people are at stake, and billions of dollars hang in the balance. We are in the year 2001, not 1901. We have a wonderful business with prospects for change on the horizon that will exponentially benefit the overwhelming majority of companies and people in the industry for decades to come. But tomorrow is connected to today.
Prescience is required to harvest all the benefits yet to come.
Above all else, get back to the table. Once the writers negotiations are settled, the actors should meet with management and do the very same thing with reason, common sense and speed. It makes no sense to even consider a strike in this day and age. Leadership takes vision and courage. It is time to display to all of us that the leadership at the bargaining table has both.