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How come the same isn't true for a service industry strike?

Is it because those unions and their members aren't as internet savvy as Hollywood writers? Would they be better off with ongoing coverage on Twitter?

Or is it that the writers strike is easy. It doesn't require much for solidarity. A consumer of television never looks for the highest quality at the lowest price. TV and movies are ubiquitous. They will always be there. They deal in large amounts of money. No one thinks things are going to get more expensive if the writers "win". It's a rich mans game. There's no responsibility in it for the consumer. There's no loss. Re-Blog and fight the man.

The service industry is often times a poor man's game. That hotel you found for cheap on Orbitz is cheap because the person making your bed and throwing away your trash is struggling to stay above the poverty line. That hotel you love because it's nice to treat yourself to a weekend of luxury cost more for 2 nights than the person cleaning your toilet and changing your towels makes in a week. There is responsibility in it. Fuzzy difficult non-absolute responsibility.

The exact sort that the internet would be fantastic for talking through...

If it wasn't so busy Digg'ing photos of striking writers and debating the pros and cons of delaying 24 mid season.