Guest Mick Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Does anyone have any information on the rumored writers' strike or is it just that, a rumor. I have heard of certain shows shooting extra episodes in case the season collapses later this year, but no solid info as yet. Regards Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylormadeaudio Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 I heard from a pretty reliable source that they are in fact going to strike -- and that there's gonna be a huge push to get as much in the can as possible before then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry long Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Awesome ! I guess I'll start stocking up on canned goods and bottle water. LL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 I can't believe we're going to go thru this again. Didn't anyone learn anything last time? Philip Perkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSBELLA Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 Mick, that is the word on the street. production should close to double the schedule in the next few months, then come nov. shut down for the writers strike. "reality shows" and non union features will be the only game in town. good luck to all. I hope it is avoided all together or concluded real fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Well...if anyone finds themselves overwhelmed with all the extra work, there are some eager mixers out there (like myself) willing to take the overflow! :-} Robert Sharman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSBELLA Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 robert, you will get called. keep networking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSound Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 I just read another article about the possible strike on MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18634532/ What are you guys on the front line hearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 why are they striking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 why are they striking? Money seems like a good bet. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 How much do writers make? It has to be pretty good money. why can't people just be happy that they HAVE work? Are there some innerworkings going on here that I don't know about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptalsky Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 My guess would be that it's the same thing that is causing everyone heartburn right now - Internet and new media usage. Even SAG is having heartburn with this one. A commercial I'm in just got lifted to the Web, and it took about a month of negotiation before we settled on a fair usage rate. Not sure it's worth striking over, but it probably does need to be resolved (ideally for everyone all at once). Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 How much do writers make? It has to be pretty good money. why can't people just be happy that they HAVE work? Are there some innerworkings going on here that I don't know about? Dave you can't really be that naive to think that the writers are just happy to be working and don't want a salary increase. Would you just keep working for the same pay forever without seeking a raise? As for inner workings, suppose there are, why would you need to know about them? Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 I know they can't work for the same pay rate forever. Don't forget I live in Hell A. (to quote Bill Hicks), and even millionaires can't afford houses here. If they do have to strike in order to get a pay raise, then TV production is in a sad state of affairs. I guess I've been spoiled by the video game world, where we don't have issues like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSBELLA Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 the inner workings are, that the writers are producers and the producers are writers,and visa versa. so essentially they are striking against themselves?? its always about $$. the writers want a better piece of the internet, dvd, etc etc. we are going to suffer a little, hopefully it will get resovled in a timely matter (1 mo.) then get ready for the other giulds who's contracts are up early next year, who also wants a piece of the WWW.$$.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 after reading in The Hollywood Reporter " In preparation for a possible writers strike, a lot of returning shows largely will forgo hiatuses, and some new shows also will go into production earlier than usual. " came this "The WGA issued its traditional “pattern of demands†Friday as a prelude to launching talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on July 16, and as expected new media figures front and center. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 the inner workings are, that the writers are producers and the producers are writers,and visa versa. so essentially they are striking against themselves? No, the studios and big corporations are the ones that dole out the residuals. It's all about the ancillary market. The producers are not entirely the villains here (if I interpret the trade stories correctly). I just hope to god this isn't as messy as the 1988 strike was... --Marc W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 from The Hollywood Reporter: " The WGA sketched its negotiating posture for impending talks about a new film and TV contract, including dicey demands to sweeten Internet and DVD terms, and there was an immediate, sharp reaction from the management negotiator. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 here's the latest, looks like both sides are digging in, with SAG and DGA watching closely, as they are now inside the final year on their contracts. of course the IATSE settled first, for peanuts! http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/business/news/e3ib6d2c95cdf6b2ef3cb9e9be6a9d1b667 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 from today's Hollywood Reporter: "A studio briefing Wednesday on looming talks with film and TV writers showed the parties miles apart, with management suggesting a study on how to eliminate writers' revenue participations even as union scribes seek expanded Internet residuals." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 "Studio stockpiling shaped a 21% surge in Los Angeles-area production days in the second quarter compared with the same period a year ago. Film L.A. said newly released stats show a clear link between preparations for a possible strike in Hollywood and a ramp-up in film and TV activity. " http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i846f5eeb0e4ecde5af44bafb11555180 after 2 sessions, not very productive ones, negotiations are in a hiatus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 You know down deep down that a victory for the writers is a victory for us. See you on the picket line, It's safe there won’t be any IA officials there. And watch this Inside dope: http://deadlinehollywooddaily.com/ What writers do A film on how the real fat cats are wallowing in Internet money. And here are the show runners (producers that work) out in front of you http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=photoGalleryAlbum&galleryid=405&order=14 All the news the corps decide as fit to print http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=hottopic&id=2821 writers perspective http://unitedhollywood.blogspot.com/ fun stuff http://lateshowwritersonstrike.com/ wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arovinsky Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 Well, I went to the big rally on Hollywood Blvd. last week & ran into Elizabeth Alvarez, who told me 1) Jim had asked her to come, and 2) He would have come had he not been too busy. You can read the second part as you wish, but at the General Membership meeting on 11/17 the WGA made a presentation and Jim was unreservedly on their side (as was most of the room). I saw an email going around alluding to a rally that was apparently against the strike, but not ,per se, against the writers' position. This is short-sighted. It is becoming clear that the writers' claims that the studios were not, pre-strike, bargaining in good faith, were true. The AMPTP apparently was counting on the DGA to come to the table early and sell out the WGA; within hours of the DGA announcement that they would not bargain early the AMPTP agreed to come back to the table this week, dropping their stipulation that the WGA halt its strike first. Andy Rovins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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