The WGAw is also being a little bit crazed. Warren Ellis got this whacked out letter from the WGAw that he talked about in one of his posts.
Basically, the WGAw doesn't want its members to work in the new media during the strike, so to keep an united front. A stretch, but somewhat reasonable in some cases. For instance, getting writers to do BSG webisodes would take the sting out of the strike for BSG itself. But it is slightly wonky, since the WGA work agreements currently doesn't cover those areas.
Here is the thing. If anyone works in any new media or animation, they will be blacklisted. So let's say I, for whatever reason, am given an opportunity to work in animation, an area that the WGA doesn't cover and is not under contention in the contracts. If I take the job, I will be blacklisted from ever working with any WGAw signatory, which is virtually every LA production company that isn't a hole in the wall.