Broadway's stagehands authorize strike but talks continue
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Broadway's unionized stagehands voted  on Sunday to authorize a strike over proposed new work rules  for its members, but for now the shows will go on and  negotiations have resumed.
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Variety - (Variety) &#151; The stagehands union rattled its sabers at a Sunday meeting and voted unanimously to authorize its leadership to call a strike against Broadway theaters.
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General Motors and the United Auto Workers continued negotiations toward a watershed labor contract today, with an 11 a.m. strike deadline approaching and autoworkers poised to walk out.
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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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The strike against seven Atlantic City casinos continued yesterday, with union and casino officials saying they do not expect any immediate end to the standoff.
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The Directors Guild of America said Thursday it will hold off on contract negotiations with studios for now but could start talks after New Year's Day.
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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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Both hotel executives and union officials said they remain optimistic that a deal can be struck before the old contract expires Wednesday, but the strike raises the possibility of a work stoppage in the city's tourism industry.
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While negotiators edge toward agreement on the thorniest issues in the 3-month-old writers strike, many in Hollywood are nurturing new hope that an end is near for the walkout that has brought their industry to a standstill.
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Hotel workers in Washington, D.C.,  San Francisco and Los Angeles held out the threat of a strike  on Sunday, but have told management they will resume contract  talks, a D.C. union official said.
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LOS ANGELES  - With rumors flying of an imminent deal, it's safe to say that Day 3 of the Directors Guild of America's contract talks with the studios went well enough for another session to be scheduled for Tuesday.
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Hollywood directors have reached a tentative contract deal with studios after five days of negotiations, the directors union said Thursday. The agreement puts pressure on striking writers to end their walkout that has lasted more than two months and idled work on dozens of TV shows.
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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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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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The union representing flight attendants on Friday said it mailed out more than 5,000 strike authorization ballots to its members employed by US Airways as both sides continued talks that are expected to stretch through the weekend.
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The NHL and the players' association were still talking. With the season on the brink of being canceled, negotiations were planned Thursday night in New York with the chance of another get-together Friday.