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A 'plan B' in the WGA strike?
By M&C US News Dec 3, 2007, 18:17 GMT
US actress Sandra Oh (C) marches during a protest organized by the Writers Guild of America in Los Angeles, California, USA, 20 November 2007. Members were joined by a number of other unions including the Screen Actors Guild and the Teamsters in a march down Hollywood Blvd. The march commemorates the third week of the writers strike which was called when negotiations broke down over revenue derived from \'new media\' which includes the internet and mobile phone sales. EPA/SEAN MASTERSON
Industry trade Below the Line reports they received credible information that the WGA may have a “Plan B” in the works, "if the AMPTP comes back tomorrow with an anemic, dead-in-the-water counteroffer."
Mark London Williams reports that the Guild "may begin the process of negotiating with each of the individual production companies and studios separately. Apparently, there is nothing requiring that they only negotiate with the AMPTP en toto."
Below the Line cites a precedent, that IA locals in the 70’s struck similar deals with studios, which garnered higher wages all around.
Williams writes that if this happens, "the remaining pressure on the holdouts — to get their people back to work — will be enormous."
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