For some reasons, i wonder why, no one or did i created a double
thread about this, but i ask you all a question, which side are you
supporting, WGA aka writers guild or AMPTP
P.S. I want my prison break tv series back!!!!!!
http://unitedhollywood.blogspot.com/
The 200708 Writers Guild of America strike is a strike by the
Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of
America, West (WGAW) that started on November 5, 2007. The WGAE and
WGAW are two labor unions representing film, television and radio
writers working in the United States. Over 12,000 writers joined
the strike.
The strike is against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television
Producers (AMPTP), a trade organization representing the interests
of 397 American film and television producers.[3], the most
influential of which are eight corporations: CBS Inc. (headed by
Les Moonves), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (headed by Harry E. Sloan), NBC
Universal (headed by Jeffrey Zucker), News Corp/Fox (headed by
Peter Chernin), Paramount Pictures (headed by Brad Grey), Sony
Pictures Entertainment (headed by Michael Lynton), the Walt Disney
Company, (headed by Robert Iger), and Warner Brothers (headed by
Barry M. Meyer).
The Writers Guild has indicated their industrial action would be a
"marathon." AMPTP negotiator Nick Counter has indicated
negotiations would not resume as long as strike action continues,
stating, "We're not going to negotiate with a gun to our
headsthat's just stupid."
The current strike has lasted 9 weeks and 6 days, as of January 13,
2008. The last such strike in 1988 lasted 21 weeks and 6 days,
costing the American entertainment industry an estimated $500
million ($870 million in 2007 dollars).
