Cannot apply update script for EZEE-2880 on MySQL.

Prereq.: Installation with MySQL 5.7 db. STRICT_TRANS_TABLES mode enabled.

Steps:

1. Try to apply the script:

   -- EZEE-2880: Added support for stage and transition actions --
   ALTER TABLE `ezeditorialworkflow_markings`
       ADD COLUMN `message` TEXT NOT NULL default '',
       ADD COLUMN `reviewer_id` INT(11),
       ADD COLUMN `result` TEXT;
   --
   

Actual result: Error occurs

ERROR 1101 (42000) at line 2: BLOB, TEXT, GEOMETRY or JSON column 'message' can't have a default value