Network puts the squeeze on Jay Leno

Strikes always get ugly fast and innocent people get hurt. Unlike Ellen DeGeneres, Jay Leno is one of many entertainers who is refusing to cross picket lines while the Writer’s Guild is on strike.
NBC informed the nonwriting staff of ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ that it will be laid off at the end of next week in the wake of the show shutting down for the writers’ strike. And with Leno still refusing to cross the picket line, the show is looking at coming back on the air Nov. 19 with guest hosts so that it can supposedly save the jobs of the nonwriters. But it’s more like they want to find a way to keep making money. Tonight Show executive producer Debbie Vickers said. “Our preference is that we return to production of The Tonight Show with Jay as host as soon as possible.”
I am pretty sure that Jay Leno is not going to give into the pressure tactics and cross the picket lines but it does put him in an uncomfortable position,  Perhaps long time staff lose their jobs or the network finds a guest host desperate enough for the work. Meanwhile NBC has also put Conan O’Brian and his staff in the same position.