The mood out here on the picket line is good, at least among those of us traipsing back and forth across two entrances into CBS Television City in Hollywood. We carry signs (except while blogging) and wave them in thanks as about 50% of passing motorists honk their horns. So far, the only dissent I've heard is a general grumbling over reports that our negotiators have taken an increase in DVD fees "off the table.". True, even doubling what we now receive there is a matter of pennies but there would be a lot of principle in those pennies.
There are SAG and AFTRA members out here on the line with us and I'm told that during the morning picketing before I arrived, a few Teamsters made a show of not crossing our line. The news crews have been here, shot their footage and left…so I'm not entirely sure why we're still out here. Maybe it's just to show the other unions in town that we don't think we're too good to pound pavement and shoulder signs. Even if that's not it, it somehow feels right to be out here, telling the opposition that we're serious and that they should just make us the offer that will end all this gamesmanship and restore life as we know it.
More later when I don't have to type it on Billy Barty's old keyboard.