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With their new contract, Guild members will receive what they consider a “foothold in the digital age,” according to Verrone. As of now, details are still minimal on the provisions of their new contract. However, productions of widely watched primetime hits, including NBC’s The Office and ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, will begin shooting in April and May.
The 1988 Writers Guild of America strike dealt with the same argument and lasted from March 7th to August 7th, 1988. Several shows never recovered, including Moonlighting, which starred Bruce Willis, and Kate & Allie, which was in its sixth season.
The strike began on November 5th, 2007 in an argument over Internet and DVD residuals, consequently shutting down movie and television productions. According to the New York Times, over 12,000 Guild members and tens of thousands of industry staff and workers were out of the job, with $285 million lost in writers’ wages and an additional $500 million in film unions.
Members of the Writers Guild of America, West and Writers Guild of America, East voted 92.5% in favor of ending the strike on Monday, February 17th, 2008. Writers are expected return to work immediately.
Funnyman David Letterman reached a deal with the WGA in early January through his television production company Worldwide Pants [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], while other late night moguls such as Conan O’Brien, Steven Colbert, and Jay Leno went on the air without writers. The Golden Globes also took a beating. According to People, less than 4.8 million people tuned in [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], compared to 16 million last year.
Months before the strike deadline, movie studios green lit and fine-tuned scripts at a record breaking pace. Any new productions, including box office summer staples, have been psuehd into 2009.
Patric M. Verrone, president of Writers Guild of America, East, told the press in an official statement by the WGA, “The strike is over. Our membership has voted, and writers can go back to work.” He added, “This was not a strike we wanted [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but one we had to conduct in order to win jurisdiction and establish appropriate residuals for writing in new media and on the Internet.”
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2008 WGA Awards
Writer's Guild of America Strike
Reader Mail: Writer's Guild Strike
According to the official WGA website, the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East will vote again on February 25th, 2008 in an act to ratify their three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. As such a large margin voted in favor of ending the strike, most see it as “done deal” despite formalities.
For more information on the WGA, please visit
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