Writers to Consider Deal Today That May End Strike

Washington Post, 2.9.08
By Lisa de Moraes and Paul Farhi

The strike that shut down Hollywood could be in its final hours.

A tentative, tightly held agreement between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the major studios will be presented today to thousands of striking writers in New York and Los Angeles in an effort to end the 14-week-old work stoppage.

If writers generally consent to the proposed three-year contract, the WGA's East and West Coast boards would probably approve the contract tomorrow, lifting the strike order and paving the way for formal ratification by the membership. That would send writers back to work Monday to resume production on dozens of network sitcoms and dramas that have mostly been in reruns since the strike began Nov. 5. more

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WGA reaches tentative deal!

WGA Presidents Letter
February 09, 2008

WGAE President Michael Winship and WGAW President Patric M. Verrone announce tentative deal.

"To Our Fellow Members,
We have a tentative deal.

It is an agreement that protects a future in which the Internet becomes the primary means of both content creation and delivery. It creates formulas for revenue-based residuals in new media, provides access to deals and financial data to help us evaluate and enforce those formulas, and establishes the principle that, "When they get paid, we get paid."

Specific terms of the agreement are described in the summary on our website and will be further discussed at our Saturday membership meetings on both coasts. At those meetings we will also discuss how we will proceed regarding ratification of this agreement and lifting the restraining order that ends the strike..."

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