Writers Guild of America Strike Announcement

Writers Guild of America Strike Announcement - Nov. 2, 2007

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On November 2, 2007, the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East held a press conference to announce that as of Monday, November 5, they will be on strike. These are the complete remarks of WGAW President Patric Verrone and WGAE President Michael Winship from that briefing.

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they deserve the ... ( 2 years ago by charcules)

they deserve the biggest piece of the pie as long as they deliver quality material.

Wow, Unanimously. ( 2 years ago by Mastervidit)

Wow, Unanimously.

I AM WITH WRITTERES ... ( 2 years ago by escritoragaviota)

I AM WITH WRITTERES USA

Money is the root ... ( 2 years ago by subzero831)

Money is the root of all kinds of evil

well writers should ... ( 2 years ago by MADDKNOCKER)

well writers should create their own programming on the internet.

I really miss The ... ( 2 years ago by WestonP22)

I really miss The Office, but I'm glad to see that someone in this country has enough of a spine to stand up for themselves.

bring back the ... ( 2 years ago by flying5)

bring back the office
most of the writers are actors on the show anyway

I wish this would ... ( 2 years ago by tman418)

I wish this would end so I can watch the Daily Show.

The writers get ... ( 2 years ago by followhisfootprints)

The writers get paid plenty. I think they should stop whining, and take a look at what they've got. Seriously, without the audience they wouldn't have jobs...and who is this strike being taken out on??? THE AUDIENCE.

Not the point. The ... ( 2 years ago by darklordrandy)

Not the point. The point i that the media companies are making the VAST majrity of the capital that stems from what the writers have created.
On a side I must say that I am extremly proud of You Tub for allowing us to circumvent these goddamn conglomerates. Fuck News Corp, Fuck Time Warner, Fuck Disney, Fuk tem all.

i realy dont get ... ( 2 years ago by HippiesRule17)

i realy dont get this. Isnt it about the writers being paid some of the money from the ads put on during the shows that they write, but some of the writers are getting laid off for striking. so doesnt that just stuff there point striking 4 money when them or other writers r getting fired which = NO MONEY

Most writers live ... ( 2 years ago by Bernbaum)

Most writers live pay check to pay check, and most of the time, those pay checks aren't very much. Not to mention, there is no steady pay check. If a movie doesn't do well, the writer doesn't get paid until the next movie is made, and they have to live off that little amount of money until then. You are stereotyping writers in a completely unfair way. Just so you know.

WGA just issued a ... ( 2 years ago by Pervenche09)

WGA just issued a relief fund for industry workers (non wga members) to help with our financial hardship due to this strike. Such as your house being lost , food , utilities , and loss of medical benefits, ect. Check it out if you need the help info on( BTLNEWS,COM )under strike blogs... or if your a non wga member and need info seek out below the line magazine for info on line
wgfoundation,org/supportfund

More than likely ... ( 2 years ago by mongobobo)

More than likely SAG will walk out over the same issues this May. Why couldn't the WGA work with the old contract until then? What was the rush? NABET worked with the old contract for nearly a year.

Okay the writers ... ( 2 years ago by nate4818)

Okay the writers are right but every time they use an old joke of even start a line off with "it was a cold dark night" they should have to pay the families of the person that first wrote that. I have not seen a true original peice of work forever. Just regergitated stuff from better writers then them. Sure change the names and location and think you came up with it. The best part is you all chose to be writers, so suck it up.

As C.S. Lewis put ... ( 2 years ago by randomwordstogether)

As C.S. Lewis put it,"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."

So, unless you have ... ( 2 years ago by randomwordstogether)

So, unless you have some beef with the masterful theologian Lewis, who gave the world some of the most lovable works of fiction in the twentieth century, drop it with originality.

C.S. Lewis? So ... ( 2 years ago by nate4818)

C.S. Lewis? So don't worry about originality when writing because even if it has been written before as long as it is yours you are original?????? Sounds like a "cop out". Ha ha, cop out, I just made that saying up. You can't argue with Lewis.

Don't use my phrase ... ( 2 years ago by nate4818)

Don't use my phrase "cop out" if you do you have to pay up bitch.

Niech się ten ... ( 2 years ago by maxenmilian)

Niech się ten strajk wreszcie skończy... Błagam!

this could effect ... ( 2 years ago by henman09)

this could effect the 80th academy awards

12:01? y cant they ... ( 2 years ago by paintball164)

12:01? y cant they say 12:00?

I agree :) ( 2 years ago by Whatsifsowhatsit)

I agree :)

It's a little more ... ( 10 months ago by mooreentstudios)

It's a little more complicated than that.

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