# No strike! No strike! No strike! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-strike-no-strike-no-strike/64406 "2001-05-05T03:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-strike-no-strike-no-strike/64406/1 "2001-05-05T03:07:44Z")
I am so relieved, I can’t even tell you. The WGA and the studio executives reached an agreement today, and there will be no strike. I had the radio on all day at work today and yesterday, and with each newsbreak, I allowed myself another degree of hope. Now it’s official. Mr. Rilch and I have been living with dread these past months. I still don’t have a permanent job, and I was not looking forward to the job market being crammed with displaced film people. Mr. Rilch, for those who haven’t heard me mention it, is a union electrician, and this would have crippled him. He kept saying that this would force him to fall back on his art. He is talented in that area, but I couldn’t help quoting James Thurber: “That would be like falling back full-length on a kit of carpenter’s tools.” Of course I always side with unions, and particularly in the case of writers, but that doesn’t stop management from being stubborn. I had been picturing a fleet of U-Hauls headed for the border, like the Westward Expansion in reverse. Sigh. Big, huge sigh of relief. When Mr. Rilch gets home (he’s still on Spiderman!) we are going to toast the agreement, and then screw like there **is** a tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-strike-no-strike-no-strike/64406/2 "2001-05-05T03:25:53Z")
That’s such good news, **Rilch**! And now what is everyone going to do with all the extra pay they’ve been saving for their strike fund? Oh, I know! They can buy electricity!! But it sounds like you and Mr. Rilch have found an inexpensive form of entertainment that you can enjoy even with the lights off. Seriously, I’m happy for you. Both. (Especially tonight!) ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-strike-no-strike-no-strike/64406/3 "2001-05-05T03:52:34Z")
I too, had a big sigh of relief when I heard the news today. I’m working in the restaurant business in L.A., and the company I work for owns several restaurants near the studios (plus we cater often for several of the studios, too). It’s bad enough we’ve already felt the economic slump, but a strike on top of it? It’s nice to know I’ll still have a job tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-strike-no-strike-no-strike/64406/4 "2001-05-05T04:00:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pluto \* > \*\*That’s such good news, **Rilch**! > > And now what is everyone going to do with all the extra pay they’ve been saving for their strike fund? Oh, I know! They can buy electricity!!\*\* And gasoline! Two dollars a gallon in LA. That was adding another dimension to my panic. \*\* > [@](#): > > But it sounds like you and Mr. Rilch have found an inexpensive form of entertainment that you can enjoy even with the lights off. > > Seriously, I’m happy for you. Both. (Especially tonight!) \*\* Thank you! Java, we’ve been thinking about that too. Restaurants and caterers, personal trainers, hairdressers…Almost every business in LA is in some way connected to The Industry. And I’m sure a lot of people would have scarpered on their bills. Mr. Rilch’s boss predicted a while back that Sprint PCS would be wiped out, because no one would settle their cell phone account before they left. I asked if he would and he said, “Well, uh…” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-strike-no-strike-no-strike/64406/5 "2001-05-05T04:17:52Z")
A few months ago, _Newsweek_ blamed the impending strike for that horror of horrors: ALL OF THE ARQUETTES WERE WORKING! With the rush to get plenty of stuff in the can there was a shortage of actors so ANYBODY could get a job. Even David. Hell, they woulda dug up grandpa Cliff if they thought it would do any good. Which it would. Thirty years dead and he’s STILL funnier than David. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-strike-no-strike-no-strike/64406/6 "2001-05-05T04:22:56Z")
Since there were rumors of an actor’s sympathy strike I’m guessing [Anamorphic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=68426) is pretty happy about this, too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-strike-no-strike-no-strike/64406/7 "2001-05-05T04:25:29Z")
That’s great! I hadn’t even heard the news. I was dreading the strike, too.