Writers' leaders hail strike deal


	Writers' leaders hail strike deal

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2-10-2008 3:46 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7b38bed2-b020-4488-b749-cf787345a75d/7931D508-22A9-4946-B57E-1100EA614BEB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7236845.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7236845.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7236845.stm">Leaders of striking US film and TV writers have told their members they have reached a "tentative deal" which could end their three-month strike.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7236845.stm"><B>'We get paid'</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7236845.stm"><P><FONT size="2">"We had a very lively discussion. I'm happy with what happened," said Michael Winship, president of the WGA, East, after the meeting in New York. 
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<FONT size="2">"At the moment, I feel strongly it (the proposed deal) has a strong chance of going through."
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<FONT size="2">However, he cautioned that the contract was not a "done deal" until it was ratified by members.  
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<FONT size="2">But many of the estimated 500 writers leaving the New York meeting gave a positive prognosis.
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<FONT size="2">"There's a general feeling of tremendous success. I was delighted," said John Simmons, a TV writer. "We agreed that this looks pretty good... It bodes well for the future."</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7236845.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/CA9F71CD-3133-4EBC-BDEE-BEC1658C1F85" alt="Writers' strike" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7236845.stm"><FONT size="2">The two men said the time had come to end the strike, citing the "enormous personal toll on our members and countless others".
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7236845.stm"><FONT size="2">The full agreement has been published on trade journal Variety's website.
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