Eisner: “The writer’s strike is over.”
Walt Disney’s Michael Eisner proclaimed on CNBC today that the WGA has agreed on a new contract with the AMPTP and all of the major studios which could effectively end the three month walk-off strike that began in November. “It’s over,” Eisner said, “they [the WGA] made the deal, they shook hands on the deal. It’s going on Saturday to the writers in general.”
Some are skeptical of Eisner’s comments, citing that no official word has been passed down from the WGA as of yet, but Eisner thinks that the deal is in the bag: “It’s possible they [the WGA] will turn it down but it would be insane if they [did].”
If Eisner’s comments are true, then this is welcome news to all of us. With some luck the writers will be back at work very soon doing what they do best– now with the peace of mind that they’re being compensated fairly for all of their past, present, and future works.
Source: CNBC.com
UPDATE: The WGA is holding an general membership meeting Saturday night (Feb. 9) in Los Angeles (which lines up with Eisner’s above comments). The new contract language is expected to be revealed and the procedures for ending the strike are expected to be outlined. More updates as they come in!
February 8th, 2008 at 6:33 am
Eisner is the same guy who declared that there was no money to be made on the internet. This is all posturing to get the writers to accept the new deal. Maybe it’s a good deal, maybe it’s not. But Eisner is not the person to ask.
February 9th, 2008 at 8:30 am
the wrd i may be looking for is yay
February 9th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Thank God!
February 10th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Well guys, I doubt anyone out there is as happy to have ya’ll back as I am. I really look forward to hearing ya’ll’s voices after, what, a 2 month break?