The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike is not over yet despite what you may have read or heard this week. Without actual deal language, any promises the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) may have made mean NOTHING, and last I read there's no WGA deal language as of 12:02 PM Pacific time today for the WGA membership to discuss at their meeting tomorrow.
If the WGA membership lets up on the strike, deal points agreed to in principle by both sides could be severely undercut in the actual legal language of the contract. The WGA has my support no matter how long it takes them to get a fair deal.
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Why am I not surprised to hear it wasn't resolved? It seemed too soon.
ReplyDeleteWell, it might be resolved today, but the membership still has to agree on it.
ReplyDeleteThis was sent early this morning to membership. The delay in publishing the deal points, we've learned, was because the companies dragged their feet enshrining some of the final details in an attempt to renege on some of what they had promised. The last-minute fight to keep that from happening took until late last night.
To Our Fellow Members,
We have a tentative deal.