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Writers Vote To End Strike

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2008-02-13 03:50:33 by Fred Schruers in Portfolio.com: Hollywood Deal
...writers guild sent out the announcement that, per an overwhelming majority of the 3, 775 voters from both coasts, the writers have chosen to end the 100-day strike FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 12, 2008 Writers Guild Members Vote to End Strike LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK - The membership of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the...
 
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Writers Ratify Pact, Take Aim At Sweetheart Deals

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2008-02-27 01:23:16 by Fred Schruers in Portfolio.com: Hollywood Deal
...Writers Guild that by an overwhelming 93.6 percent majority, their membership has ratified the deal that brought an end to the three-month strike. The agreement is to run from February 13, 208, to May 1, 2011. Said WGA West president Patric Verrone This contract is a new beginning for writers in the Digital Age. It ensures that Guild...
 
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SAG Comes In Strong For The Writers

2007-12-17 18:14:55 by Fred Schruers in Portfolio.com: Hollywood Deal
 
...writers as well as his own sizable membership yesterday. It's worth repeating the opening paragraphs verbatim to convey the sheer force of SAG's commitment: Dear Writers Guild of America Members, I am writing to you on behalf of 120,000 proud members of Screen Actors Guild who stand with you in solidarity as your strike continues. We believe...
 
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Strike Has Cost Writers More Than They Hoped To Gain

2007-12-31 12:00:54 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
 
...Writers Guild of America) strike has now cost writers over $160 million in lost fees and benefits (based on 2006 WGA statistics) when according to the WGA they were hoping to get a plan worth $151 million over 3 years. In other words, theyve now lost more than they were hoping to gain. So in theory, even if the AMPTP suddenly caved in...
 
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Stage Is Set For The Writers To Ratify A Deal

2008-02-06 03:27:39 by Fred Schruers in Portfolio.com: Hollywood Deal
 
...writers guild membership will soon be assessing. The corollary topic is how it compares to the deal struck by the Directors Guild, and to the more optimal deal the WGA made with Worldwide Pants (here on the WGA site under "The DGA Makes A Deal"), which they hold up as their exemplar More important than the details, however, is just what the...
 
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Writers On A Plane

2007-12-28 21:30:00 by poland in The Hot Blog
 
...writers If this was a response to the growing crowd of people arguing that the strike will go well into the summer or the float of same on Nikki Finke's gossip blog, it may go down as one of the worst moves ever by a union We are now beginning to see a theme from union leadership of picking favorites in every fight. Yes to Time-Warners SAG...
 
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Nikki Finke Says Film Writers Very Unhappy About Letterman Deal

2007-12-31 00:00:00 by Ryan Stewart in Cinematical
 
...writers churning out sequels? Apparently so. Before the recent side deal brokered by the WGA to put Letterman's writers back to work -- Leno can't make such a deal because his show is owned by NBC, while Letterman's show is owned by his own production company -- Nikki Finke speculated over whether the move would cause serious rifts within the...
 
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Writers Headed Back To Work

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2008-02-11 15:13:35 by Fred Schruers in Portfolio.com: Hollywood Deal
...Writers Guild board on Sunday and a similarly positive vote expected from the membership Tuesday, the four-month WGA strike now appears to be history History was much on the mind of WGA West President Patric Verrone as he told reporters at a Sunday news conference Since we began negotiations in July, we've been saying, 'If they get paid, we...
 
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Allison Macks Future on Smallville, Writers Strike

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2008-01-09 01:22:59 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...Writers Strike forging ahead and our last episode coming up the end of January, Im actually able to see the end of the rope as far as Smallville is concerned. If the writers dont return until after February, the season will end at 15 episodes And then what So far all we see is actors backing the strike, joining their writers on the picket...
 
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