Writers Guild of America Ends Three-month Strike

Members of WGA in New York and Los Angeles have voted to end strike.

Writers Guild of America members will now vote on a new proposal from studios and producers that were approved on Monday. The three-year contract offers writers a percentage of digital media revenue, including compensation for TV shows and movies streamed over the Internet.

The writers decided overwhelmingly in favor of ending the 3-month strike with 3,492 voting yes and 283 voting no.

Under the new contract, writers would get a maximum flat fee of about $1,200 for Internet streamed programs in the deal's first two years, and 2 percent of distributor gross earnings in year three.

The proposal isn't exactly what the Writers Guild of America wanted, but writers are going back to work following the three-month-long strike.

The guild said its members voted Tuesday to end their three-month strike that brought the entertainment industry to a standstill.

The writers did not get jurisdiction over reality shows.

According to Jack Kyser, a chief economist for the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp., the strike took a $3.2 billion toll in direct and indirect costs on the economy of Los Angeles County, the home of most of the nation's television and film production.

The last writers strike, a 153-day walkout in 1988, caused an estimated $500 million in lost wages.