From December 14th through the 16th, striking writers held picket-lines at the Disney Store on Post and Powell Streets (on Union Square) in San Francisco from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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The Writers Guild of America East and Writers Guild of America West are two labor unions that represent film, television and radio writers working in the United States. The strike is against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), a trade organization that represents the interests of American film and television producers. Over 12,000 writers are affected by the strike. AMPTP negotiator Nick Counter has indicated that negotiations would not resume as long as strike action continues. The current strike has so far lasted 5 weeks. The last such strike in 1988 lasted 22 weeks.

Every three years, the Writers Guilds negotiate a new basic contract with the AMPTP by which its members are employed. This contract is called the Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA). In the 2007 negotiations over the MBA an impasse was reached, and the WGA membership voted to give its board authorization to call a strike, which it did on November 2nd, with the strike beginning November 5th.

Among the many proposals from both sides regarding the new contract, there are several key issues of contention including DVD residuals; union jurisdiction over animation and reality program writers; and, perhaps most importantly, compensation for "new media"-- content written for (and/or distributed through) emerging digital technology such as the Internet.

On December 13th, the Writers Guild filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board against the AMPTP for its refusal to bargain in good faith.

December 2007:
Impasse in writers' strike poses need for new political struggle | Writers' strike gags Hollywood awards season | Writers' strike reveals profound cultural and social divide | Striking screenwriters refuse to surrender | Television Honchos Stalk Out of Talks with Writers | Talks break down in Hollywood writers' strike | Studios and networks dig in their heels | Hollywood writers talks collapse | One month of the US film and television writers' strike | Striking Writers Back at Table

November 2007:
Fans back writers in week 4 of strike | Striking writers wary as contract negotiations restart | Democracy Now: Writers Strike Enters Third Week | CBS News Writers May Be Next on Picket Line | Mr. Edwards goes to the picket line | LA Indymedia: Purple and Red Join Forces in Writers' Guild March | Writers to resume negotiations November 26 | Striking television writers discuss political issues | Film and television celebrities express support for striking writers | “Ellen Degeneres Not Welcome in NY!” | At mass rally Writers Guild leaders attempt to lull strikers to sleep | Support for writers' strike outrages Hollywood elite | Writers and supporters speak out in LA and NYC | Writers' strike in its second day | US film and television writers launch their struggle | US film and television writers will walk out Monday | Broader issues facing US film and television writers

Wikipedia: 2007 Writers Guild of America strike