Recently Hawaii experienced their own personal sort of "writers strike." Reporters at The Honolulu Advertiser blog under a labor union contract, as well as writing for the print version. The bloggers contract was up during the summer, and months went by before they began to renegotiate them, which really upset the bloggers. To prove their anger, the bloggers went on a Byline Strike, "when reporters insist that their names be removed from their articles." The editor of the paper said that the reporters had every right to go on strike from blogging, but not from writing for print, which is why the bloggers stopped putting their names on their print stories. The labor action ended on Friday, when the newspapers owner decided to go back to the bargaining table.
I support these bloggers 100 percent. With the Writers Strike just recently ending, I believe the reporters gained a lot of support that way, because it was a topic that was still fresh peoples minds. I also think that this is why the owner decided to renegotiate after just three days. I'm sure he saw how long the writers strike lasted, and did not want that happening to his blogs.
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I agree with you, why did they take months to negotiate? thats not fair, I don't blame them for insisting that there names be removed from the articles. I agree with all this writers strike happening lately, I think that they deserve to get what they want.
I think that the writers' strike has something to do with the quick renegotiation. They had the to stand up for any wrongdoings against them. If I was the owner, I don't want bloggers' strike to last as long as the writers' strike at all.
I agree that the writers strike had some great influence to this situation. It will be interesting to see what other areas the writers strike touches.
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