Striking writers enjoy support of actors, helmers

November 06, 2007 The WGA rolled out pickets on two coasts Monday after Sunday's last-ditch bargaining session failed to mark sufficient progress to prevent the first Hollywood writers strike in 19 years. In Los Angeles, the WGA West's well-rehearsed strike captains marched out troops to populate picket lines at 14 studio and network sites starting at 9 a.m. Film and TV scribe Christopher Knopf, one of the WGAW strike captains at Sony, said there were two main criteria in assigning members to picket at the various company locations throughout the L.A. area.

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