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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 3888035" data-attributes="member: 8158">It should not be news for anyone when I say that many folks have very childish, simplistic modes of thinking. They want to split the sides up into "bully" versus "underdog"---mainly because WGA-penned fiction has ingrained that scenario into our minds in thousands and thousands of movies and TV shows. We think we have to find someone to root for. The first big reality check is that it's all about money, regardless of the side. The writers are looking out for their welfare, and to blazes with the gaffers and grips and us, the viewers. The second big reality check is that unions have a nasty habit of taking for granted the members they are supposed to represent. It is usually not a big love-in where every little guy gets his say in matters. It's usually a minority of major players making all the decisions for everybody else, and unleashing holy hell on any dissatisfied members that don't step in line with their leaders' will. Point of fact: you may or may not want to join a union, but usually you wind up doing so because you have to, and this is the case with the WGA.</blockquote>