Australia’s oldest and largest blue collar labour union will join American writers' protest pickets in LA.
In a demonstration of global labour solidarity, national secretary of the Australian Workers Union (AWU) Paul Howes will address striking writers, kindred actors and actresses, and industry professionals at a rally at 20 Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles at 630am (AEDT) on Thursday.
Mr Howes told LIVENEWS.com.au from his LA hotel room that the American strike is of global importance.
“The major studios and networks made over $US95 billion in revenue… a large proportion of that revenue comes from the sale of television series to countries like Australia,” he said.
“In the future, the majority of TV shows will be distributed over the internet – the writers who create these shows, who are often the lowest paid… are not being offered any income for distribution of these shows over the internet.”
“We believe in a fair go at work – (I think that it is important) that Australian unionists show solidarity with the American Writer’s Guild.”
