page_title: 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike
section_title: Issues in the strike
hierarchical_section_title: 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike / Issues in the strike
caption_attribution_description: English: I created this image myself at the WGA rally in Culver City on Fri, Nov 9 2007 and I am releasing it to the public domain. Have fun, world.
context_page_description: From November 5, 2007, to February 12, 2008, all 12,000 film and television screenwriters of the American labor unions Writers Guild of America, East, and Writers Guild of America West went on strike.
  The strike sought increased funding for the writers in comparison to the profits of the larger studios. It was targeted at the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, a trade organization representing the interests of 397 American film and television producers. The most influential of these are eleven corporations: CBS, MGM, NBCUniversal, The Weinstein Company, Lionsgate, News Corporation, Paramount Pictures, Liberty Media/Starz, Sony Pictures, the Walt Disney Company, and Warner Bros.
  Negotiators for the striking writers reached a tentative agreement on February 8, 2008, and the boards of both guilds unanimously approved the deal on February 10, 2008. Striking writers voted on February 12, 2008 on whether to lift the restraining order, with 92.5% voting to end the strike. On February 26, the WGA announced that the contract had been ratified with a 93.6% approval among WGA members.
context_section_description: Every three years, the WGA negotiates a new basic contract with the AMPTP by which its members are employed. This contract is called the Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA). In 2007, negotiations over the MBA reached an impasse and the WGA membership voted to give its board authorization to call a strike, which it did on Friday, November 2, 2007; the strike began the following Monday, November 5, 2007.
  Among the many proposals from both sides regarding the new contract, there were several key issues of contention including DVD residuals, union jurisdiction over animation and reality program writers, and compensation for "new media" (content written for or distributed through emerging digital technology such as the Internet).
caption: Writer-actor Jeff Garlin of Curb Your Enthusiasm (foreground, right) and others at a WGAW rally outside the Fox Studios in Los Angeles.
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