# Writers Guild of America goes on strike (5/2/23) tentative deal (9/25/23) Now accepted (10/9/23)

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### Author: ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-guild-of-america-goes-on-strike-5-2-23-tentative-deal-9-25-23-now-accepted-10-9-23/983448/192 "2023-09-06T17:42:37Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> What I’m saying is that I believe that if a union has a right to strike, that means that they have the right to withdraw the services of their members for the duration. It does not and should not mean anything more than that.  
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> ETA: Also, I think this is getting off track about unions in general. Maybe we best let it drop.

Yeah, you’re at least the second person who’s come into the thread whose claims about how unions _should_ work are fundamentally at odds with how unions _do_ work, and indeed how unions _must_ work if they’re to have real power.

There’s a name for a strike that’s polite and doesn’t disrupt an employer’s business: a failed strike.

It’s difficult to discuss this particular labor action when there’s such widespread misapprehension of labor actions in general. It’s as if someone comes into a thread on California’s best sushi restaurants to declare that fish shouldn’t be eaten raw. How do you respond to their posts without a general discussion of food safety?

But I do agree that inasmuch as explaining why your objections are without merit requires explaining how strikes work, it may not be possible to offer such an explanation here.

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