STRIKE END GAME: WGA Members Vote

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Strike update: It’s done!
Published 2/13/2008 by Ms Interpreted at No Fact Zone
YES!! The strike has been lifted!! From Deadline Hollywood Daily: STRIKE OVER: Hollywood Back To Work! Here’s the official WGA announcement to striking writers: On Tuesday, members of the Writers Guilds East and West voted by a 92.5% margin to lift the restraining order that was invoked on November 5th. The strike is over. Writing can resume immediately. If you were employed when the strike began, you should plan to report to work ...

Strike Officially Over!
Published 2/13/2008 by Toresica at Daily Show News
The media has been reporting that the strike is over for a few days, but now the writers have actually voted and will actually be showing up to work on Wednesday. From Deadline Hollywood Daily , On Tuesday, members of the Writers Guilds East and West voted by a 92.5% margin to lift the restraining order that was invoked on November 5th. The strike is over.

Too Cold to Picket: Writers' Strike Finally Over!
Published 2/13/2008 at Vulture
... in a little early. Verrone reminds guild members that the tentative contract with studios still needs to be ratified, but for all practical purposes, this thing is pretty much over. At this time, Vulture would like to extend our sincere thanks to Tina Fey (at left), whose picket sign and far-off, unenthusiastic facial expression have helped us illustrate innumerable otherwise-boring strike-update posts. It's official: WGA strike is over [Variety] STRIKE OVER: Hollywood Back To Work! [Deadline Hollywood Daily] Earlier: ...

Strike is over (if you want it).
Published 2/13/2008 by Alison Willmore at IFC: Indie Eye
The WGA strike is officially over — Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood has the official statements from both sides. In the wake of the three-month battle, everyone's struggling to determine who, exactly, won. New York's Vulture blog points out a few of the judgments — Variety criticizes the writers, David Carr at the New York Times calls it more of a win on principal than in practicalities — while Patrick Goldstein at the LA Times divides up the winners and losers, among the latter the ...