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It's official: WGA strike is over
« on: February 13, 2008, 04:34:47 AM »
From Variety.com

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92.5% of guild vote in favor of strike's end

By CYNTHIA LITTLETON, DAVE MCNARY

The writers strike has officially ended.
The Writers Guild of America announced just before 7 p.m. that members voted to lift the strike order with a 92.5% endorsement. WGA West president Patric Verrone - the most visible figure during the 14-week strike - made the announcement.

"The strike is over," he said. "Our membership has voted, and writers can go back to work. This was not a strike we wanted, but one we had to conduct in order to win jurisdiction and establish appropriate residuals for writing in new media and on the Internet. Those advances now give us a foothold in the digital age. Rather than being shut out of the future of content creation and delivery, writers will lead the way as TV migrates to the Internet and platforms for new media are developed."

The official tally showed 3,492 voting yes and 283 voting no.

The announcement capped over three months of walking, talking, picketing, chanting, strategizing, ballyhoo and bluster from both sides as the long and winding road of the strike came to an end at a ballot box in Beverly Hills.

Full article HERE
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Re: It's official: WGA strike is over
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2008, 09:01:33 AM »
WOOHOOOOOO!!!  ;D
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Re: It's official: WGA strike is over
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2008, 12:41:47 PM »
Hooray!


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Re: It's official: WGA strike is over
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2008, 01:05:30 PM »
Thank goodness! now we should have another 8 episodes of Lost on top of the ones already filmed. They say it should take about 4 weeks to get their production up and running...so WHOO HOO! More Lost!
(can you tell, I love Lost)


Re: It's official: WGA strike is over
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2008, 02:53:01 PM »
YAY!!!! ;D


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Re: It's official: WGA strike is over
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2008, 03:07:03 PM »
I am so excited!!!! TV has been shite this year.  :( I also felt bad for all the people who are involved in the entertainment industry who don't get paid loads and loads of money.


Re: It's official: WGA strike is over
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2008, 03:29:07 PM »
My friends will be very happy to hear this - they've been out of work for almost four months!


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Re: It's official: WGA strike is over
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2008, 03:59:40 PM »
Yes!  I NEEEEEEEED my Ugly Betty fix!


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