Writers to drop key unionization demand
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The Hollywood writers guild said Tuesday it has agreed to back off proposals to unionize writers of reality and animated shows, a key concession that came the same day the sides said they would begin informal talks.
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US film and TV writers approve a deal struck by union leaders at the weekend, ending a three-month strike.
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Late-night TV comedian David Letterman has reached a deal with the union representing striking screenwriters that will let his show return to the air next week with his writing staff, the union said on Friday.
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The union for striking Hollywood screenwriters said on Tuesday it had decided to spare next month's Grammy Awards from picketing that could dampen the recording industry's highest honors.
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Hollywood writers have approved a three-year, &#36;58 million contract with studios, producers and TV networks, union officials said.
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Striking Hollywood writers could be back at work as early as Monday for the first time in three months if they embrace terms of a tentative contract deal that union leaders are expected to present them this weekend.
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Not everyone in media is being hurt. For some, the writers' walkout means booming business.
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With an entire industry  eyeing a pair of Writers Guild of America meetings Saturday,  everybody and their (out of work) brother wants to know when  the picket lines will come down and the union's three-month-old  strike will end.
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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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According to a memo obtained by TSN in Canada, the NHL will turn down the players' union proposal to end the lockout and respond with a counteroffer on Tuesday.
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Automaker, unions agree to eliminate up to 12,000 workers to curb losses and save $665 million a year. By Ed Garsten / The Detroit News.
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TV producers say they expect writers to return to work as early as Wednesday now that the Writers Guild of America has moved to end its three-month-old strike
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The union representing Hollywood's striking writers said it reached a "tentative deal" with studios and will meet members later on Saturday to discuss ending a three-month walkout that has crippled television production and overshadowed the awards season.
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Plans to restrict free English classes must be dropped in the interests of community cohesion, a union warns.
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Some say the decision to shutter branches reduces the agency's capability to review industry submissions.
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When chronicling the decades-long decline of organized labor in the United States, commentators have often examined the dwindling role of unions in troubled industries such as cars and coal. Few consider the more hopeful case of the catfish industry.
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Negotiations to avoid a strike by union journalists at the Chicago Sun-Times are heading into overtime. With the tabloidâs labor agreement set to expire tomorrow, labor and management appear no closer to a deal than they were Sept.