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Last week marked the close of the first month in what might be a very long writer’s strike.  With few negotiations and the WGA and AMPTP not seeing eye to eye, people are wondering if this strike will be reminiscent of the writers strike of 1988 – the one with no clear cut winner, but plenty of financial losers. 

This is a list of below the line talent now out of work since your favorite shows went dark:

cameramen, camera assistants, hair stylists, makeup artists, wardrobe people, grips, electricians,  craft service,  props people, construction, medic, art department, set dressers, sound men, stand-ins, set PAs, assistant directors, DGA trainee, unit manager, production office personnel, casting people, writers assistants, script supervisor, editors, editors assistants, post production personnel, facilities manager, drivers,  location managers,  accountants, caterers… On most shows, the figure comes to about 100 people. 

Spurred on by a letter to the editor written by Dale Alexander, a key grip on “The Office” the STRIKE A DEAL movement was born.  They support they’re brothers and sisters on the picket line, but they are concerned about the lack of willingness to negotiate on both sides of the table.

I woke up early Sunday to head down to Hollywood and Highland where they turned out in droves with funny signs, poignant chants and their children in tow, for the Strike a Deal rally, urging the WGA and AMPTP to stop the stand off and to start negotiating.  To strike a deal so they can get back to work.