TV and film writers may be concentrated on the coasts, but Chicago has a few, and they’re raring to go Wednesday when members of the striking Writers Guild of America plan to picket outside NBC Tower downtown.
Ali Barthwell, a writer with “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” will head from her home in the Ukrainian Village to join her fellow writers on the picket line. Since union leaders failed to reach a new contract with the trade association that represents Hollywood studios and production companies and walked out May 1, she’s been a committed supporter of the strike.
