Robert J. Elisberg: Looking at the DGA Deal Memo

Robert J. Elisberg: Looking at the DGA Deal Memo

Robert Elisberg continues his excellent "Strike Primer" series on HuffPo. As he points out:

The DGA offer remains subject to analysis once the full numbers are made known. From the press release, there appear enough good and encouraging points that are highly-worth negotiating towards a settlement, and that's wonderful. But as a final offer for writers? No, there are serious problems in the

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    In the beginning was the word - yet the word most heard these days in Hollywood is not about the beginning at all, but the end. What is the "endgame" to stop the strike? Ultimately, that's the only thing that matters. And with the AMPTP corporations negotiating instead with a

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    December 13, 2007

    To My Fellow Members:

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