Striking writers to debate labor deal on Saturday
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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's striking writers have  made a key breakthrough in contract talks with film and  television producers, leading to what could be a deal between  the two parties by the end of next week, The New York Times  reported on Saturday.
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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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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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Bringing a measure of optimism to the bleak Hollywood writers strike saga, the union said Tuesday it would start informal talks with studios, drop some contract demands and give a picket-free blessing to the Grammy Awards.
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Alitalia's talks with unions look set to continue into the weekend, as management struggle to reach a deal with cabin crew.
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Striking Hollywood writers won two battles on Monday by making a deal to work for Tom Cruise's film company and wreaking havoc on the Golden Globe Awards, but their labor war against film and TV studios is far from over.
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Striking Hollywood writers will meet face to face with studio executives this week for the first time since their contract talks collapsed on December 7, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES  Â Hollywood writers got their first look Saturday at details of a tentative agreement with studios that could put the strike-crippled entertainment industry back to work, an offer the union's East Coast president said he was endorsing.
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Officials with the striking writers guild held informal talks Tuesday with Hollywood studios that could lead to the resumption of negotiations, a person familiar with the bargaining strategy said.
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With Hollywood bracing for a season  of possible labor strife, screenwriters sat down on Monday with  studio executives for contract talks expected to hinge in part  on how the Internet has altered show business.
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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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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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About 180 union reporters, copy editors and other newsroom staffers at the Chicago Sun-Times are scheduled to strike at noon Wednesday if they cannot agree on a contract with publisher Hollinger International Inc.
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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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Striking Hollywood writers will  meet face to face with studio executives this week for the  first time since their contract talks collapsed on December 7,  the two sides said on Tuesday.
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Union leaders for striking  Hollywood writers voted on Sunday to formally endorse a deal  with studios to end their bruising three-month-old labor clash,  calling an immediate halt to picketing and paving the way for  writers to return to work by mid-week.