strike news — and if you are in 5150 and do not read this you are so fired
January 4, 2008
There is news —
On the writers’ strike.
It could be sort of break through news too.
Just out of curiosity, how many people actually give a damn? You know with my aspiring writers I had to get kind of violent to even get a reaction?
But anyway —
This is info from a letter I received December 28, 2007 from the WGA.
The WGA has reached a contract with David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants production company [*max note : the only company that said it would and then did pay employees throughout the duration of the strike as it applied to them — to the best of my knowledge and if anyone else did that email me] that puts his show and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson back on the air with Guild writers.
There is a lot more but I am cutting that. What matters is David Letterman’s company walked away from the AMPTP and signed a deal. [It is a very fair deal too. Which is probably why David Letterman who is a very smart man thought it looked just fine and signed it.] And. Any other company may do that. The only difference being, some companies would rather be punkass, put their employees out on the street and fight for the sake of fighting than pay their writers.
Gee. I wonder who those punkasses are?
[hint : anyone who does not have new material to shoot]
where the art work comes from :
that is mouse & keyboard by niquin
celluloid blonde 
I’m not sure I understand the details clearly, but I’ve heard that since Letterman owns his own production company – not run by CBS – that he had the ability to sign a deal with the guild. Leno, however, is not able to do that because his Big Dog banner doesn’t employ the writers of the tonight show, NBC is the employer.
Am I on track with this? Either way, Letterman gets it and should receive some credit for making the deal with writers, not CBS.
Bravo for Letterman and Boos to Huckabee for appearing on the Leno show.
The entity that signed is the production company Worldwide Pants.
I came. I read. I am so not fired.
Punkasses. LOL.
You are all good. Smooch!
Ok, exactly how violent? Like spanking violent, or fisticuffs violent…
I’m just curious.
…notthatiwouldignorethispostjustforaspanking…
:)
Kisses
p.s. yesiwould
There was a lot of stomping around and growling.
[by the way, the terms Worldwide Pants signed on are the same terms AMPTP reps refused to discuss when they walked out of negotiation talks the second time]
Just read the good news. It’s also in the major NYC daily newspapers. Pretty decent articles, too.
Ok, so I’m hopefully not fired from 5150.
But…ah…y’know, a light spanking wouldn’t be entirely outta the question…
I really could not get in this club but I read the post and World Wide Pants Prod. Co. is smart to make this move. I’ve always been a fan of those shows.
and now it is being reported that United Artists (Tom Cruise’s prod. co. at MGM) is going to cut a similar side deal of its own. wowzers if true:
Deadline Hollywood Daily
That is good news.
Hey are the Letterman and UA deals going to be in force even if the writers sign a lesser deal with the other companies? Or are these contracts merely “strike waivers?”
These are definite terms, not just waivers. Any benefits to an employer attached to independent contracts signed before an AMPTP resolution that are more beneficial than terms reached in a later AMPTP agreement will remain in force for the independent signers.
Ah that makes these signings huge! Yeah for the writers. And I love the new divide and conquer strategy they seem to be doing.
Yes. This defines the baseline minimum.
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Does this punkass happen to have a garage full of motorcycles and cars?
:)
Nope. Different punkass.
[Okay let me restate, yes, but still, different punkass.]
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