Actors urge talks to avert strike
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Stars including George Clooney and Meryl Streep urge the actors' union to start talks in a bid to avert a strike.
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Unions representing film and TV actors will open talks next week with Hollywood producers on a new three-year contract, starting negotiations six months before their existing pact expires, the two sides said on Tuesday.
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Unions and government officials are meeting in South Africa on Friday in an attempt to thrash out a pay deal to avert a new wave of strikes next week.
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Hollywood actors says they won't attend the Golden Globe Awards next weekend, in solidarity with striking writers.
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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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Union leaders will meet British Airways managers for crunch talks in a bid to prevent strikes at airports across the UK.
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From the picket lines to ballrooms filled with stars, Hollywood on Monday hoped for a deal to end a 3-month-old clash between striking writers and studios amid reports they could reach an agreement this week.
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LOS ANGELES  - 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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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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A union representing Washington, DC, hotel workers resumed formal talks with management Tuesday to avert a strike in three major cities.
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Meetings are due in an effort to avert weekend strikes planned at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports.
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With Hollywood bracing for a season  of possible labor strife, screenwriters and studio executives  on Monday opened contract talks expected to hinge in part on  how the Internet has altered show business.
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The main postal union is writing to Royal Mail to call for fresh talks to avoid the first national strike since 1996.
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Business & money: Royal Mail management will talk to union leaders on Wednesday in a bid to avert the first national postal strike for a decade. By Mark Milner.
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More than 25 celebrities including  actors Jim Carrey, Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams on  Thursday urged the United Nations to help win freedom for  Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Talks to avert strike action that would disrupt some of Britain's busiest airports are set to begin.
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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.