While I understand how it looks for the WGA to say so little on this issue after having taking a stance on so many previously, I have to say I think it's about time. Back when I was part of a national publishing association, I deplored their statement about Florida legislative bills on education, for example. Every institution does not n…
While I understand how it looks for the WGA to say so little on this issue after having taking a stance on so many previously, I have to say I think it's about time. Back when I was part of a national publishing association, I deplored their statement about Florida legislative bills on education, for example. Every institution does not need to chime in on national or global matters or events. Again, I know the timing is grim, and I get that (and also, if not now, then when?), but I hope many institutions will stop the madness and stick to whatever it is each given institution was established for in the first place. I harken back to what Jacob Savage wrote last week in The Free Press: "Maybe, just maybe, a new equilibrium can be reached. Maybe we can agree that political litmus tests for employment are bad, that requiring DEI statements is bad, that not every organization and every individual needs to comment on every political issue."
While I understand how it looks for the WGA to say so little on this issue after having taking a stance on so many previously, I have to say I think it's about time. Back when I was part of a national publishing association, I deplored their statement about Florida legislative bills on education, for example. Every institution does not need to chime in on national or global matters or events. Again, I know the timing is grim, and I get that (and also, if not now, then when?), but I hope many institutions will stop the madness and stick to whatever it is each given institution was established for in the first place. I harken back to what Jacob Savage wrote last week in The Free Press: "Maybe, just maybe, a new equilibrium can be reached. Maybe we can agree that political litmus tests for employment are bad, that requiring DEI statements is bad, that not every organization and every individual needs to comment on every political issue."