Since most hit TV shows are controlled by writers as producers, they should talk themselves out of such powerless feelings. The trick is not to tell oneself that one is powerless. No professional journal is so devoted to self-loathing and recriminations as the WGA Journal. I admit I hang in a very small circle, but I don't know many writers who get that kind of check. This only applies to union members.
Strikes mean big money to union management.
Union management should reduce their incomes to the level of the members, in sympathy and unity. The strike might then be shorter. In fact, there are some writers who are not employees like Mr. Wells and who have never had their art originate at a Hollywood studio or network. In the execution of a war, which a strike is, one must pay careful heed to who really gets the booty.