Perspective: Does writer's strike have middle ground?  Andrea
Sarvady & Shaunti Feldhahn Woman to Woman Published Sunday,
December 02, 2007  Are the Hollywood writers justified in their
strike demands?    Late-night talk shows are in reruns, and
America is getting more sleep especially since the writers'
strike itself sure isn't keeping anyone up at night. After all,
the thinking goes, why do a bunch of rich Hollywood writers need
a union anyway?  Yet take a closer look at this labor dispute
and you'll quickly see that this is about more than an
opportunity to catch Jay Leno passing out doughnuts in a picket
line.  A central bargaining system helps both management and
staff in an industry with countless separate productions. Yet
don't imagine both sides have equally deep pockets. A misleading
statistic bandied about is that the average Writers Guild of
America member makes $204,000 a year. Yet the far more
significant number is the median writing income a whopping
$5,000 a year. In other words, skim the milli