So our WGA Source checked in one more time, with this report about last night’s big meet — lots of interested stuff in here, fallout/implication wise, especially the lead off consideration about time to make up the health coverage minimum. Question: Will members in other idled guilds and locals get the same chance?:
I left after [...]

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Excerpts from the letter that went to WGA’s strike captains today, following the board’s official approval of the new contract terms, earlier this morning:

DEAR STRIKE CAPTAINS,
This morning, the WGA Negotiating Committee unanimously and unconditionally recommended the terms of the proposed 2008 MBA to the WGAW Board and WGAE Council. The Board and Council then voted [...]

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So word is pouring/leaking/emanating from the West Coast WGA that the negotiating committee’s deal is well received by the membership, and hey, said committee is recommending ratification.
But the strike won’t end until that happens, and now the actual voting will apparently take place on Tuesday. Which means things won’t start back up then ’til [...]

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