WGA to AMPTP: It's your move

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The president of Writers Guild of America West says it is up to the producers and networks to initiate talks to resolve the WGA strike.

"I'd like to address a concern that, spoken aloud or not, is on the minds of everyone. We are not currently at the bargaining table and people want to know when we will return," Patric M. Verrone wrote on the WGA Web site.

"Let me remind everyone that it was nearly four months between the time we put our proposals on the table in July and the first time we had a single counter proposal from the AMPTP on new media issues. The companies sought to get us to bargain against ourselves in that time. Thanks to the resolve and patience of our negotiation committee, we did not," Verrone explained.

"The last move made on Sunday was our presentation of a comprehensive package. It is up to the companies to respond to that package. When they indicate that they are ready to do so, we will return to the bargaining table as soon as possible."