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Striking Writers Enlist Kids

Writers use Veterans Day to teach kids and garner attention

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 12, 2007 6:20 PM CST
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(Newser) – Striking scribes took advantage of Veterans Day to bring their kids to picket lines in Los Angeles today, the AP reports. The move garnered attention and gave parents a chance to tutor youngsters in payments and residuals. "It's a little rude for the producers to take so much and have nothing left to share," said one 10-year-old carrying a homemade sign.

Donuts and cookies nourished the roughly 100 kids as they picketed at Disney studios. A screenwriter said her daughter "has been dying to strike all week," while another said he wanted his sons to experience the strike as "a once-in-a-lifetime thing—I hope." One preschooler's sign was mere scribbles with green marker, but another's was clear: "I'm learning to share. Can you? Play nice."

Michael Lent carries his three-year-old son, Willem, on his shoulders as Lent and other Writers Guild of America members picket outside the Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif., Monday. Nov 12, 2007, at the start of the second week of the strike. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Michael Lent carries his three-year-old son, Willem, on his shoulders as Lent and other Writers Guild of America members picket outside the Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif., Monday. Nov 12, 2007, at...   (Associated Press)
Zach Tinker, 13, left, Ike Rofe, 14, right, and other children of striking Hollywood writers encourage passing drivers to honk their support, Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, outside Fox studios in Los Angeles. Children of Writers Guild of America members joined their parents on picket lines. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Zach Tinker, 13, left, Ike Rofe, 14, right, and other children of striking Hollywood writers encourage passing drivers to honk their support, Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, outside Fox studios in Los Angeles....   (Associated Press)
Natalie Shaheen, 9, foreground, and her friend Issac Prestwich, 9, left, join striking Hollywood writers on the picket line outside Fox studios Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, in Los Angeles. Children of Writers Guild of America members joined their parents in protest. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Natalie Shaheen, 9, foreground, and her friend Issac Prestwich, 9, left, join striking Hollywood writers on the picket line outside Fox studios Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, in Los Angeles. Children of Writers...   (Associated Press)
John Aboud carries his daughter Penelope Aboud, 3, while picketing in the Writers Guild strike outside The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif. on Monday. Nov 12, 2007 at the start of the second week of the strike. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
John Aboud carries his daughter Penelope Aboud, 3, while picketing in the Writers Guild strike outside The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif. on Monday. Nov 12, 2007 at the start of the second...   (Associated Press)
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