On Feb 12, 10:30 pm, Jan  wrote:
> According to this email sent out by the WGA the strike is over and writers can
> report to work tomorrow:
>
> -------------begin---------
> 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 on Wednesday.  If you're not employed at an office
> or other work site, call or e-mail your employer that you are resuming work. If
> you have been told not to report to work or resume your services, we recommend
> that you still notify your employer in writing of your availability to do so.
> Questions concerning return-to-work issues should be directed to the WGAW legal
> department or the WGAE's assistant executive director.
>
> The decision to begin this strike was not taken lightly and was only made after
> no other reasonable alternative was possible.  We are profoundly aware of the
> economic loss these fourteen weeks have created not only for our members but so
> many other colleagues who work in the television and motion picture industries.
> Nonetheless, with the establishment of the WGA jurisdiction over new media and
> residual formulas based on distributor's gross revenue (among other gains) we
> are confident that the results are a significant achievement not only for
> ourselves but the entire creative community, now and in the future.
>
> We hope to build upon the extraordinary energy, ingenuity, and solidarity that
> were generated by your hard work during the strike.
>
> Over the next weeks and months, we will be in touch with you to discuss and
> develop ways we can use our unprecedented unity to make our two guilds stronger
> and more effective than ever.
>
> Now that the strike has ended, there remains the vote to ratify the new
> contract.  Ballots and information on the new deal, both pro and con, will be
> mailed to you shortly.  You will be able to return those ballots via mail or at
> a membership meeting to be held Monday, February 25th, 2008, at times and
> locations to be determined.
>
> Thank you for making it possible.  As ever, we are all in this together.
>
> Best,
>
> Patric M. Verrone
> President, WGAW
>
> Michael Winship
> President, WGAE
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>
> Jan
>
> --
> We see what we look for and we look for what we think we will see.
>                                                             --jms

Also quotable as "If I hadn't believed it, I wouldn't have seen it
with my own eyes."
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