Breaking the Law To Screw The Worker And Reap Bigger Profits: Corporate America's National Pastime

In his Huffington Post article, How Big Media Breaks The Law On "Survivor" Island, Jonathan Tasini writes:

It now appears that Big Media has been routinely breaking wage-and-hour laws, pocketing piles of money it should have been paying to writers who work in reality television. Here's the story. Turns out that reality television is a sweat-shop for the writers who make those shows happen: long hours with no overtime pay, no health insurance, and no pension.

He points out that this is a broader problem for all American workers, not just writers:

Big Media is taking part in a sham that is growing like a cancer throughout the American workplace--the misclassification of workers. Now, this sounds like a very boring phrase. And it would be if, in real life (as opposed to reality TV life), it didn't mean that lots of people were being robbed blind.

He closes by stating:

So, if you've wondered whether the Guild's strike is your fight, there is the crystal-clear answer. Writers Guild of America members are fighting the very same fight that every worker is fighting--the attempt by corporate America to rewrite the rules of the basic social compact, either by cutting peoples' pay or refusing to share in the money earned, or skating or snubbing the basic rule of law.

Check out the full article at:

www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-tasini/how-big-media-breaks-the-_b_74086.html