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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Union officials representing striking Hollywood writers said Thursday they have filed an unfair labor practices complaint claiming studios violated federal law by breaking off negotiations.
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Ahead of a possible strike, the Writers Guild has issued a controversial rule that would require members to submit copies of half-finished scripts to union headquarters.
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The US writers' strike could soon end with union leaders ready to put a deal to members, reports say.
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Leaders of striking television writers plan to meet Friday with David Letterman's production company in an attempt to reach a separate deal that could make the "Late Show" the only late-night TV program on the air with a writing staff.
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Writers Guild of America members are voting in New York and Los Angeles on whether to end their 3-month strike.
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Arts & entertainment: Screenwriters' strike ends after union members vote to call off their industrial action
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Hollywood's major film and  television studios said on Friday they would begin formal  contract talks with directors as soon as this weekend, marking  a key development in the ongoing screenwriters strike.
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Hollywood's major film and television studios said on Friday they would begin formal contract talks with directors as soon as this weekend, marking a key development in the ongoing screenwriters strike.
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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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As screenwriters near the start of pivotal labor talks with film studios and TV networks next week, concerns about a possible strike are running high in Hollywood.
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Tentative agreement between Writers Guild of America and studios to be presented to strikers.
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Hollywood writers and the studios they work for are trying again to make a deal that will end the nearly three-month strike crippling the entertainment industry.
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LOS ANGELES  Â The union representing Hollywood directors said Friday it will begin contract talks Saturday with studios in a move that could affect the ongoing strike by writers.
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With less than a week to go before  a presumed strike deadline, Hollywood studio executives sought  to break a deadlock in contract talks with screenwriters by  offering a newly condensed package of proposals.
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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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Hollywood writers meet in New York and Los Angeles to consider a tentative agreement with studios that could put the strike-crippled entertainment industry back to work. Compensation for projects delivered via digital media is the central issue in the 3-month-old walkout.