Informal WGA talks set to begin
Variety, 1.20.08
By CYNTHIA LITTLETON, DAVE MCNARY
Sides will meet as early as Tuesday
The communications impasse between the Writers Guild of America and Hollywood's majors has finally ended.
Following Thursday's deal between the DGA and the AMPTP, insiders said top execs of the entertainment congloms reached out to WGA leaders.
Those conversations are expected to lead to an informal face-to-face session this week, possibly as early as Tuesday. It would mark the first sitdown between the two sides since AMPTP reps broke off the last round of formal bargaining on Dec. 7.
Participants will likely include, for the guild, WGA West prexy Patric Verrone, exec director David Young and negotiations committee head John Bowman and, on the AMPTP side, News Corp. prexy Peter Chernin and Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert Iger. More
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this sent in by Peachybc. Thanks!
Writers Strike Could End in Two Weeks as Key Players Show Clout
By Alex Ben Block
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) – 1/21/2008 – The same group of top TV show runners and industry hyphenates who added credibility, muscle and enhanced unity during the Writers Guild strike are now also going to be a force pushing within the guild for a contract modeled after the DGA deal. That is one reason we believe the WGA strike will be over in two weeks, and the Academy Awards will proceed as usual. Full article.
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4 Comments:
I hope these informal talks will lead to a settlement-the strike has gone on long enough-time for compromise-no one is going to get everything that they want-people need to get back to work and have paychecks again-
Regi.
Let's hope egos on both sides don't get in the way of compromise & a deal.
They should have more women at the negotiating table, things would get done, LOL.
I still worry about Rene's comment saying 'It's about ego and money' BUT at least this is talking of some description! C'mon guys, get this thing sorted and everyone back to work (please)
Please, please, please, please, PLEEEEEAASE!
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