Writers Guild of America Strike Announcement - Nov. 2, 2007

On November 2, 2007, the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East held a press conference to announce that as of Monday, November 5, they will be on strike. These are the complete remarks of WGAW President Patric Verrone and WGAE President Michael Winship from that briefing.

• Category

  Film & Animation

[henman09]

this could effect the 80th academy awards

[adamtk421]

pokerguy would you go to where you work now and put in hard work for no pay? knowing that any work you produce will directly contibute to the already huge wealth of your bosses? knowing that your work will be taken from you and used whilst you recieve NOTHING?! are you kidding?

[iig0tem]

This is idiotic. They get what they accepted (their job), so they need to stfu.

[Vincent Oostelbos]

I agree :)

[paintball164]

12:01? y cant they say 12:00?

[nathan reilly]

Don't use my phrase "cop out" if you do you have to pay up bitch.

[nathan reilly]

C.S. Lewis? So don't worry about originality when writing because even if it has been written before as long as it is yours you are original?????? Sounds like a "cop out". Ha ha, cop out, I just made that saying up. You can't argue with Lewis.

[nathan reilly]

Okay the writers are right but every time they use an old joke of even start a line off with "it was a cold dark night" they should have to pay the families of the person that first wrote that. I have not seen a true original peice of work forever. Just regergitated stuff from better writers then them.  Sure change the names and location and think you came up with it. The best part is you all chose to be writers, so suck it up.

[mongobobo]

More than likely SAG will walk out over the same issues this May. Why couldn't the WGA work with the old contract until then? What was the rush? NABET worked with the old contract for nearly a year.

[Bernbaum]

Most writers live pay check to pay check, and most of the time, those pay checks aren't very much. Not to mention, there is no steady pay check. If a movie doesn't do well, the writer doesn't get paid until the next movie is made, and they have to live off that little amount of money until then. You are stereotyping writers in a completely unfair way. Just so you know.

[HippiesRule17]

i realy dont get this. Isnt it about the writers being paid some of the money from the ads put on during the shows that they write, but some of the writers are getting laid off for striking. so doesnt that just stuff there point striking 4 money when them or other writers r getting fired which = NO MONEY