WGA Files For Arbitration Against Producers For Not Keeping Up On New Media Residuals
And so it starts again: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is planning to file for arbitration against the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), alleging that the producers are not complying with the new contract that was negotiated after a prolonged strike during the winter of 2007-08. The full WGA statement is here. Details after the jump.
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The points in WGA’s new complaint:
– That the media companies part of AMPTP are not paying residuals for writers
That 17 day clause explains the new Fox and Sci-Fi channel content getting pushed off of Hulu issue I previously mentioned. Now I know why. If they leave it up they have to pay the writers so they take it down before the time limit.