Strike In The Era Of Twitter: How Social Media Is Helping Writers On The Picket Line & Beyond
deadline.comThe last time WGA picket lines formed in 2007, writers didn’t have an efficient way to communicate with fellow strikers about group meet-ups, illegal productions, and all those clever placards.
The only place they could turn to for regular information was this very space, in which the late Nikki Finke would post regular missives about strike action, the broken-off negotiations and the financial impact of the 100-day work stoppage.
My, have times changed. Even with the new and so-not-improved platform under Elon Musk, Twitter has become the go-to town square for writers looking for either marching orders or just plain encouragement from their fellow strikers.
When writers aren’t trying to boost morale, they are posting selfies from the picket lines and sharing locations where more reinforcements are needed to battle the AMPTP. “Twitter has turned into an invaluable tool in getting picketers to our lines,” Strike Captain Warren Leight (Law & Order: SVU) tells Deadline. “We get hundreds of fast retweets, and the WGA East Rapid Responders respond rapidly, as do actors, students, and other allies.
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