Not 8, Not 9, But 12! New Posts on UH - None Note WGA Waivers Coming

The WGA Negotiating Committee sent a letter to Membership yesterday informing them that tomorrow (Monday) they would announce that some shows would receive Waivers which would allow them to restart production immediately.

This is something we have argued for since the AMPTP most recently walked out of the negotiating room. When we post such comments on UnitedHollywood, however, we're labelled as AMPTP plants. So is Patrick Verrone an AMPTP plant as well??

To make matters more puzzling, UnitedHollywood has posted a slew of new front page stories - 8, actually -- since the email went out (and was subsequently posted on Nikke Finke's Deadline Hollywood), but none of these stories mention this latest development.

This action by the WGA is the only reasonable approach to the Strike Disaster now that it is clear that AMPTP will not talk until a DGA deal is complete (or until WGA submit a deal that only concerns itself with new media).

Why has the unofficial mouthpiece of the WGA not made any mention of this action? We are generally big fans of the site, but to ignore the most significant news of the past week is to do a disservice to the many people who go to UH first and foremost for their strike news. It is also proof positive that no one should be getting their news from only one source.

Here is an excerpt from the WGA letter:

We want to do everything in our power to move negotiations forward and end this devastating strike. We have therefore decided to reach out to major AMPTP companies and begin to negotiate with them individually. As you may know, bargaining on a multi-employer basis through the AMPTP is an option for the WGA, not a legal requirement. Each signatory employer is required to bargain with us individually if we make a legal demand that it do so.

Note, too, the spin of the letter. They're calling this "negotiate with them individually;" the reality is (and we'll get confirmation tomorrow) that they will be giving waivers to The Late Show With David Letterman (independently produced by Worldwide Pants) and several other shows.

Note: no sooner do we post this, than UH puts up another post. It's now 9 posts since the announcement, yet no mention...

Checking back in -- 10 posts now on the front page of UnitedHollywood since the announcement. Still no front page mention of the news. (10:45am)

Update at 3:30pm on Sunday -- there are now 12 new posts on UH since this story broke, including a video interview with Letterman's writers, and still NO MENTION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. What is going on over there???

FINAL UPDATE - 15 Minutes after I posted this question on one of the UH Posts, there was finally a front page article about it.  My guess now is that it simply got lost in the shuffle.  UH is run by volunteers, I believe.  It still serves as an example of why everyone should read multiple sources for their news and editorials.