wilebill
02-10-2008, 06:39 PM
Union Boards Back Deal to End Writers’ Strike (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/business/media/10cnd-strike.html?ex=1360386000&en=8567682a3f25f5f4&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss)
LOS ANGELES — An end to Hollywood’s long and bitter writers’ strike appears all but assured, as the governing boards of the unions representing 12,000 movie and television writers on Sunday unanimously approved a tentative three-year deal with production companies.
The strike, which began Nov. 5, remains in effect until the unions’ membership votes on Tuesday whether to end the walkout before formal ratification, guild officials said. Patric M. Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America West, said Sunday at a news conference at the union’s headquarters here that no writing could take place until that vote is complete. That means the film and television writers could be back to work on Wednesday. The new contract will be put before the membership within 10 to 12 days.I hope it is over. I'm sick of reruns and the re-hashed crap that's been on TV since the networks ran out of freshly written stuff.
LOS ANGELES — An end to Hollywood’s long and bitter writers’ strike appears all but assured, as the governing boards of the unions representing 12,000 movie and television writers on Sunday unanimously approved a tentative three-year deal with production companies.
The strike, which began Nov. 5, remains in effect until the unions’ membership votes on Tuesday whether to end the walkout before formal ratification, guild officials said. Patric M. Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America West, said Sunday at a news conference at the union’s headquarters here that no writing could take place until that vote is complete. That means the film and television writers could be back to work on Wednesday. The new contract will be put before the membership within 10 to 12 days.I hope it is over. I'm sick of reruns and the re-hashed crap that's been on TV since the networks ran out of freshly written stuff.