Writers Guild of America Strike

Tyler Perry's Alleged Role As Union Buster Becoming Big Obama Embarrassment?

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Posted 10.03.2008 | Entertainment

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One of Barack Obama's staunchest supporters and prized campaigners and film biographers from the motion picture and television business has just been ...

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John McCain: No Friend of the American Worker

James P. Hoffa | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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James P. Hoffa

This is the same John McCain who's been kicking the crap out of American workers for the last 26 years. He voted to cut overtime. He voted against extending unemployment benefits.

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HuffPoster John Ridley Among Those Called Out By Writer's Guild

Reny Monk | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment

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Reny Monk

The WGA has sent out a castigating letter to its members that lists names of writers who crossed the picket lines during the tense hundred-day strike that ended in February.

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WGA Strike Primer: The Wrap-up

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 02.26.2008 | Entertainment

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Robert J. Elisberg

Throughout the strike, there regularly were news stories about dissension in the Writers Guild. Writers dissent for breakfast. Finding dissent in the WGA is like finding sand at the beach.

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Writers Guild Deal: Details

Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.21.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Want to know the gory details of the tentative writers deal now being voted on by the Writers Guild members?

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WGA Strike Primer: Settling a Final Debt

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 02.19.2008 | Entertainment

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Robert J. Elisberg

Admiration and thanks are plentiful. But I still reserve my awe for the strike captains.

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Breaking News: Hollywood Execs Ahead of Curve

Nicholas Weinstock | Posted 02.15.2008 | Entertainment

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Nicholas Weinstock

It's not surprising -- as has become clear in the oceanic email volume of these post-strike days -- that many writers turn out to have written scripts on spec over the past few months.

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The Writers Strike Is Over! Hooray?

Lloyd Garver | Posted 02.14.2008 | Entertainment

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Lloyd Garver

After working steadily as a TV writer for many years, I made a big mistake: I allowed some of my hair to turn gray. In the eyes of those at the studios, I was suddenly too old to be funny.

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Striking Out: Writing Without the WGA in LA

Adam Baer | Posted 02.13.2008 | Entertainment

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Adam Baer

Most Los Angeles writers who haven't yet joined the WGA and continue to peck away at careers in writing for publication had their moment in the sun during the Writer's strike.

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Writers Vote to End 3-Month Strike

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 02.12.2008 | Media

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LOS ANGELES — A devastating, three-month walkout that brought the entertainment industry to a standstill ended Tuesday when Hollywood writers vo...

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How the WGA Won: A Behind the Scenes Look at the WGA Strike

Roger Wolfson | Posted 02.12.2008 | Entertainment

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Roger Wolfson

The groundwork for the writers' strike started with something the town rarely notices: a routine, biannual WGA election.

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What I'll Miss When the Strike Is Over

Ken Levine | Posted 02.11.2008 | Entertainment

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Ken Levine

The incessant honking. It was like driving in Mexico City... Hanging out on the picket line with my good buddy Elvis Costello. It was one of the greatest minutes of my life.

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WGA Strike Primer: The Deal Offer

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 02.11.2008 | Entertainment

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Robert J. Elisberg

No, this contract isn't great. But it has much good, some wonderful, and establishes critical precedents in New Media. And considering the alternative, it saves the Writers Guild.

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Where's the AMPTP? And Do We Care?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.11.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

In a wonderful article, Variety summarizes the last few month of negotiation, and notes that "movement in the WGA talks began when Disney CEO Robert I...

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Writers' Union Declares "Huge Victory" With New Contract, Strike Coming To An End

LA Weekly | Nikki Finke | Posted 02.10.2008 | Media

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SUNDAY 12:30 PM: At the WGA's news conference today, union leaders declared the new contract is "a huge victory for us". Trumpeted WGAW President Patr...

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Notes from the Shrine: The Big WGA Meeting

Ken Levine | Posted 02.10.2008 | Entertainment

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Ken Levine

About an hour in, Patric Verrone was handed a note and announced that someone was live blogging and would they please stop it. I was worried that everyone would look to me, and I would have to say, "Hey, guys. I don't even know how to text message."

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Striking Writers May Head Back To Work This Week

ABC News | BRIAN ROONEY | Posted 02.10.2008 | Media

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Striking writers on both the East and West coasts appear to be giving two thumbs up to a deal that would end the three-month long strike by the Writer...

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Writers Deal: Analysis

Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.10.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

The writers faced down eight large media companies and conglomerates, and won what appears to be a decent beachhead on the Internet.

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Hollywood Writers Consider Studio Offer

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 02.09.2008 | Media

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LOS ANGELES — Hollywood writers got their first look Saturday at details of a tentative agreement with studios that could put the strike-cripple...

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Writers Deal: Details Emerge

Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.09.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

The Writers Guild held a closed-door meeting Friday with strike captains to brief them on the tentative deal. Here's what a source inside the room told me.

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WGA Strike Primer: The Secret Letter

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 02.08.2008 | Entertainment

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Robert J. Elisberg

You've probably heard that the strike is over. It isn't. No, really, it isn't. The truth is, no one speaking publicly knows what the deal actually is.

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WGA Strike Primer: Crossing Paths with Carson Daly

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 02.05.2008 | Entertainment

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Robert J. Elisberg

Carson Daly's name still can bring a twitch to many a Writers Guild member. But he had the bad fortune to be first.

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Favored Nations?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 02.04.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

With a writers deal apparently in the offing, now's a time to pause and ask about favored nations.

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The WGA Strike For Dummies: It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

Michael Russnow | Posted 02.03.2008 | Entertainment

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Michael Russnow

It's intriguing how the writers' strike rumor mill builds everybody up and then shoots him or her down.

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Deal To End Hollywood Strike May Come Next Week

New York Times | MIchael Cieply | Posted 02.02.2008 | Media

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Informal talks between representatives of Hollywood's writers and production companies eliminated the major roadblocks to a new contract, opening the ...

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