Striking Screenwriters Dismiss New Proposals
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The screenwriters called the proposals from producers a âa massive rollback,â and called on their members to continue their walkout.
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Leaders of US Airways&#39; pilots union late Monday rejected the carrier&#39;s latest contract proposal, a blow to the airline&#39;s attempt to avoid a second bankruptcy filing.
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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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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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Even if  Hollywood writers end their three-month-old strike soon, as the  buzz seems to suggest, studios will be reluctant to ramp up  development too aggressively because they must still contend  with a possible walkout by actors in June.
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Hopes of saving the National Hockey League season all but vanished Tuesday when players and team owners rejected proposals to end the labor dispute.
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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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Leaders of the US Airways pilots&#39; union have rejected the carrier&#39;s latest contract proposal, hampering the airline&#39;s attempt to avoid filing bankruptcy a second time.
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NHL owners and players took turns rejecting each other&#39;s proposals for a new collective bargaining agreement during a 3 1/2-hour meeting at league offices in Toronto yesterday, moving the league closer toward canceling the entire 2004-05 season.
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Striking film and TV writers in America have decided not to picket next month's Grammy awards.
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Arts & entertainment: The Oscars' most famous post-awards party will not go ahead this year in support of ongoing writers' strike
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Hollywood screenwriters and studio  executives ended a second day of contract talks on Wednesday  with the two sides far apart on major issues but planning to  resume negotiations next week.
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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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As the ink dried on a tentative  deal between directors and studios, the big question swirling  around Hollywood on Thursday was whether it would bring  striking writers back to the negotiating table.
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Hollywood directors said on  Thursday they would delay opening contract talks with major  film studios until at least January to give striking  screenwriters time to restart their own stalled negotiations.
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The NHL's latest salary-cap proposal to end the seasonlong lockout was rejected yesterday by the players' union, which came back with its own idea: Bring commissioner Gary Bettman to the bargaining table.
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With a new labor  contract for the Directors Guild of America expected to be  announced imminently, Hollywood's top screenwriters could turn  up the heat on their union to end its 11-week-old strike.