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DGA pact doesn't mean end to WGA strike


Published: Jan. 17, 2008 at 7:38 PM
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Many in the entertainment industry are urging Writers Guild of America leaders to use the directors' deal with producers as a template for a pact of their own.

The WGA has been on strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers since Nov. 5, while the DGA reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP Thursday after six days of negotiations.

While both the WGA and the Screen Actors Guild, whose contract expires June 30, have stressed they won't adopt terms set by directors, WGA leaders would probably face a backlash if they write off the DGA deal altogether, The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

"If the WGA rejects the basic concepts of a DGA deal, there's going to be a great deal of dissatisfaction among the membership," Dick Wolf, creator and executive producer of the "Law & Order" franchise, told the Times. "The bottom line here is: This town should be back to work in three weeks."

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer said "there is enormous pressure on everybody to settle this and move on."

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