2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike
label: Vaga de guionistes dels Estats Units de 2007-2008 @ca
label: 2007年－2008年美国编剧协会大罢工 @zh
label: Sciopero degli sceneggiatori della Writers Guild of America (2007-2008) @it
label: إضراب نقابة الكتاب الأمريكية 2007-2008 @ar
label: 2007~2008년 미국 작가노조 파업 @ko
label: Mogok kerja Writers Guild of America 2007–2008 @in
label: Grève de la Writers Guild of America @fr
label: Greve dos roteiristas dos Estados Unidos de 2007–2008 @pt
label: Huelga de guionistas en Hollywood de 2007-2008 @es
label: Strajk scenarzystów w Stanach Zjednoczonych @pl
label: Забастовка Гильдии сценаристов США @ru
label: 2007年-2008年全米脚本家組合ストライキ @ja
subject: Category:2007 in radio
subject: Category:2008 in radio
subject: Category:2008 labor disputes and strikes
subject: Category:2007 in American television
subject: Category:February 2008 events in the United States
subject: Category:2007 labor disputes and strikes
subject: Category:January 2008 events in the United States
subject: Category:2008 controversies in the United States
subject: Category:2008 in American cinema
subject: Category:November 2007 events in the United States
subject: Category:December 2007 events in the United States
subject: Category:2007 in American cinema
subject: Category:2008 in American television
subject: Category:Writers Guild of America labor disputes
subject: Category:2007 controversies in the United States
side: Writers Guild of America
side: Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
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result: --02-12
goals: Increased DVD residuals, jurisdiction over and residuals from new media
methods: Protest
methods: Picketing
place: United States
source: — AMPTP spokesman Jesse Hiestand
source: — Michael Eisner, new-media executive
source: — IATSE president Tom Short
source: — WGA Negotiating Committee
source: — AMPTP statement: The State of the Strike: Day 47
source: — AMPTP president Nick Counter
source: — Joss Whedon
source: — WGAW president Patric Verrone
source: — Actor Robin Williams
causes: Lack of agreement on a new contract between Writers Guild of America and AMPTP
quote: We are ready to meet at any time and remain committed to reaching a fair and reasonable deal that keeps the industry working, but the DVD issue is a roadblock to these negotiations.
quote: They claim there's no money in the Internet. That's a shell game.
quote: For a writer to give up today's money for a nonexistent piece of the future — they should do it in three years, shouldn't be doing it now — they are misguided; they should not have gone on the strike.
quote: The numbers speak for themselves and show that the WGA leadership is totally out of touch with the impact of their foolhardy tactics. Figures don't lie, liars figure.
quote: If they gave us everything we had on the table right now, if they gave us everything we wanted—everything—and they then made a deal with the DGA and matched it, which is what they'll do, and then they made a deal with the Screen Actors Guild and tripled it, which is typically what happens…if they did that—if they gave us everything—on a company-by-company basis they would be giving all of us less than each of their CEOs makes in a year. And in some cases, a lot less.
quote: The negotiations between the AMPTP and the WGA are at an impasse because the WGA has continued to press a series of unreasonable demands that have nothing to do with new media and the real concerns of most working writers.
quote: Every issue that matters to writers, including Internet reuse, original writing for new media, DVDs, and jurisdiction, has been ignored. This is completely unacceptable.
quote: This is not over. Nor is it close. Until the moment it is over, it can never be close. Because if we see the finish line we will flag and they are absolutely counting on us to do that. In the room, reason. On the streets, on the net, I say reason is for the 'moderates'. Remember what they've done. Remember what they're trying to take from us. FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT.
quote: The WGA organizers are grasping for straws and have never had a coherent strategy for engaging in serious negotiations. The AMPTP may have different companies with different assets in different businesses, but they are all unified in one common goal – to reach an agreement with writers that positions everyone in our industry for success in a rapidly changing marketplace.
description: TV-dispyt i USA mellan november 2007 och februari 2008 @sv
description: television dispute in the USA between November 2007 and February 2008
description: vaga de guionistes del Writers Guild of America de 2007-2008 @ca
description: disputa televisiva nos Estados Unidos entre novembro de 2007 e fevereiro de 2008 @pt
description: grève mené par les scénaristes américains @fr
description: крупнейшая за последние 20 лет забастова сценаристов в США @ru
caption: --11-07
title: 2007
hypernym: Strike