The boards for both branches of the Writers Guild of America on Sunday unanimously approved the tentative deal reached for a new contract. The boards are also taking the final decision on liftng the strike to membership in a vote on Tuesday.
In the meantime, showrunners will get going even sooner, heading back to work Monday to get crews set up and production facilities going again, as will writers who have producing duties on their shows. Ballots to ratify the three-year deal are also going out to members, and will be returned within a 10-12 day period.
Verrone also went on to praise the work of the three CEOs who stepped up in the decisive moments of negotiations, including News Corp. chief Peter Chernin, Disney head Robert Iger and CBS top dog Leslie Moonves. Until the business chiefs sat down at the bargaining table, Verrone said, "We spent about three months getting nowhere."
[Notice, No NBC was mentioned. Complimented were ABC Disney, CBS, FOX (newscorp), .......... but no NBC Universal stepping up to help end it.]
As the final logistical steps are taking place, at least most of Hollywood will start getting back into motion. — Anna Dimond
Hang on. THIS STILL NEEDS A VOTE!
It's not done (quite) yet. The WGA members still need to vote on it.
In light of the huge support among writers for the deals in members' meetings on both coasts Saturday, it's expected that they'll be in favor to end the strike in Tuesday's vote, and be able to return to work as early as Wednesday. For writers pushed out of contracts in force majeure situations, many will be hired back, but in a case-by-case scenario, in which the status of each show will affect the deals.
[NBC Universal was one of the ones using FORCE Majeure. This is the act of suspending its own people, without pay, due to an act of god. So essentially what NBC did, is threaten not only its writers, but also its own actors.
So whereas other shows on other networks may return in short order, each NBC instance must now be reviewed on a case by case basis. And we have a feeling, that if an actor or a writer learned anything from this, their next gig will probably be with some other network, NOT with NBC UNIVERSAL.]
(Especially if you want ratings for your show too, NBC is the network that is usually in last place.)
TThis is the FORCE Majeure Suspension without pay letter, sent by NBC Universal. Note, this was not just to writers, this is just was what NBC did to its own ACTORS. If you were on 30 Rock, Bionic Woman, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, The Office, etc, or other NBC shows, this will be familiar to you. ;-)
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[Note: NBC also owns Sci Fi channel]
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