Movie and TV Writers Authorize a Call to Strike
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Screenwriters by a sizable majority authorized their leaders to call a strike against Hollywoodâs producers as early as Nov. 1.
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After months of informal talks, Hollywoodâs movie and television directors agreed Thursday afternoon to a new contract with production companies. The accord would appear to send a none-too-subtle message to striking screenwriters: This is not the time ...
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Striking Hollywood writers have  opened preliminary contract talks with small, independent  producers willing to break from major studios with whom the  writers are deadlocked, their union leaders said on Wednesday.
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The Writers Guild of America moved swiftly Sunday toward a resolution of its three-month-old strike, with guild leaders deciding to recommend the contract to members and ask them to vote on a quick end to the walkout.  By asking writers to vote separ...
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The Writers Guild of America plans  to brief its members this weekend on a deal taking shape to end  their 3-month-old strike, using the meetings to gauge  rank-and-file support for the labor plan, union leaders said on  Tuesday.
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Hollywood edged closer to possible labor unrest on Friday after film and TV writers overwhelmingly authorized their union to call a strike if no contract deal is reached with the studios by month's end.
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Union leaders for striking Hollywood writers said they have reached a tentative contract deal with studios and urged members on Saturday to support it, calling for an end to a three-month walkout that has crippled TV production and overshadowed Oscar season.
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LOS ANGELES  - The Hollywood writers  strike looks like a boon for the DVD and video game industries.
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The union representing Hollywood directors has agreed to open formal contract talks with major film and television studios on Saturday in a move seen as a potential blow to striking screenwriters.
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LOS ANGELES  - A day before Writers Guild of America members vote on whether to end their three-month strike, the broadcast networks on Monday began firming up their production plans.
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The Golden Globes could  become a forum for celebrities to speak out against the TV  networks and studios if the Hollywood writers strike is not  settled by the January 13 ceremony.
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LOS ANGELES  Â When the union representing Hollywood directors begins contract talks Saturday, striking TV and film writers will likely be calculating how a deal might affect them.
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Screenwriters in the US are preparing to vote on a deal which could end a three-month strike.
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Tentative agreement between Writers Guild of America and studios to be presented to strikers.
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LOS ANGELES  Â A devastating, three-month walkout that brought the entertainment industry to a standstill ended Tuesday when Hollywood writers voted to lift their union's strike order and return to work Wednesday.
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With idled entertainment industry workers and Oscar-nominated actors among the interested observers, striking writers and studios are talking again after weeks of bargaining silence
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Movie and television directors said that they were set to begin contract negotiations, jolting the striking writers.