Posts Tagged ‘Strike’
Colbert Report and Note to Oregonians
I was happy to see Stephen Colbert welcome back his writers one by one on camera, awarding them with a pencil and well, their jobs. There was only one suspect writer, namely the ubiquitous Kevin Bacon.Colbert did continually make fun of the strike throughout, but it's a comedy show. Hey Oregonians - The Oregon Writers Colony asked us to [...]
WGA Strike is Over
Link to Variety article Well, let the buying frenzy begin. I'm glad to see that many of our past guest speakers can get back to work and pay their mortgages. Some 92.5% of the 3,775 ballots cast were in favor of ending the 100-day strike, with 3,492 members voting yes and 283 die-hards ready to tilt at the windmill of continuing the work [...]
Long Time, No Blog
Hi All, Sorry for the hiatus from the blogging and updates. Between starting a new job, my basement flooding, a sick puppy, and a third rewrite, I've been a little tied up. Rest assured, we are working on our 2008 programming and the upcoming renewal of our AMPAS grant. January 30th, we'll be hosting the Washington Lawyers for the Arts [...]
Strike II (con’td)
Many of you have asked, so I wil answer on behalf of the NWSG. Of course we are in full support of our fellow writers who are merely asking to be paid for the work they do. Some believe that because we're in the creative field, we're supposed to bow down to those who let us create and maybe pay us. Without the writer's idea, there [...]
Strike
Hey guys, this just in from Variety. As we know, the TV season is what will suffer most because of a strike. Too bad many of the new fall shows and several returning shows have not really held up. There is almost nothing to watch, although Big Bang Theory, Pushing Daisies, and Bionic Woman seem like strong additions to the prime-time [...]
WGA Strike Vote Approved (90%)
Hi Everyone. I know there's one question that's keeping many of us up at night, "Is there going to be a WGA strike?" We can only guess what is going to happen, but the WGA writers came out in droves and voted 90% for the strike authorization vote (SAV). According to several of our Hollywood sources, the strike is supposed to start on [...]
