Bray and Lairr on WNYC and we'll wrap it up today by opening up the phones for a check-in

with actors and writers as your strike against the Hollywood studios drags on how are you

making ends meet and how do you see this ending two one two four three three WNYC two one two four

three three nine six nine two if you are a member of the unions or if you're a worker in the industry

who's otherwise impacted by the strike call into share how you're making up for the loss and

wages tell us how you're making ends meet at this moment and tell us how you see this ending two

one two four three three WNYC two one two four three nine six nine two it's been over four months

now since the writers guild of America went on strike with support from SAG after coming a bit

later and that is a long time to be out of work so we're inviting you to give us a report from

the front let the rest of the listening public know what you're going through know what you're

doing and how you think this should end and if there's a particular compromise in the face of

the new economics of the TV and film business in general that you think is wanted two one two four

three three WNYC two one two four three three nine six nine two striking writers and actors

anybody else out of work in the biz as a result of this dispute two one two four three three

nine six nine two you know back in July an article on deadline cited an anonymous executive saying

studios were willing to let the strike last quote until union members start losing their apartments

and losing their houses unquote and that of course emboldened the union to stay the course

but maybe that was in the short term how are you making it work are you returning to an old job

maybe out of the biz teaching whatever two one two four three three nine six nine two are you doing

what some are calling survival jobs gig work to help bridge this gap some of you writers might

have stopped working in the middle of a project back in May when the strike began and not a lot of

employers are flexible enough to let you get back to writing when the strike ends so did you pick

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