BRIEFCASE WGA TO MAKE BID FOR BIGGER DVD CUT.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Television and film writers will push for a greater piece of the profits from DVDs and video releases in upcoming contract talks, as well as payments for unscripted un·script·ed adj. Not adhering to or in accordance with a script written beforehand: "his unscripted encounters with the press" Eleanor Clift. reality shows that have put a lot of writers out of work. The contract between the Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America is a term often referring to the joint efforts of the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, west. Jointly, the two guilds act as the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and and producers expires next May. The guild released its 2004 ``pattern of demands'' Monday, which will be sent to members for a vote and will serve as the basis for the negotiations. The WGA WGA Windows Genuine Advantage (Microsoft) WGA Writers Guild of America (union for screenwriters) WGA Wise Giving Alliance (Better Business Bureau) WGA wheat germ agglutinin notes that, over the past three years, box office receipts have risen by almost $2 billion. Sales of DVDs have soared from $1.4 billion four years ago to $11 billion last year, with writers receiving $18 million - or less than one-sixth of one percent, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the guild. The demands also include more money from growing cable networks, including UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation and the WB. The producers called the list of demands a disaster waiting to happen. No timetable for negotiations has yet been set. WGA members will vote on the pattern of demands next month. Unions to watch cuts in staffing Putting aside a decade of differences, California's two largest health-care unions are aligning to monitor the new staffing ratio law and confront state cuts in health-care services. The Service Employees International Union and the California Nurses Association The California Nurses Association (CNA) is the largest and fastest-growing labor union and professional association of Registered Nurses in California. The National Nurses Organizing Committee is a national labor union for Registered Nurses, and is affiliated with the CNA. announced Monday that they would cooperate in legislative and policy arenas. |
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