Hollywood writers authorize union to call strike
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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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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. Membership meetings will be held Tuesday in New York and Los Angeles, said Patric Verrone, president of the guild's West Coast branch.
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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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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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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.
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Hollywood writers got details today of a tentative agreement that their negotiators had brokered with the major studios. In presenting the three-year deal, the West and East coast guild presidents added a message that said it was time to end the strike.
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LOS ANGELES  - Striking Hollywood screenwriters must turn in their unfinished projects by Friday so that union officials can ensure they don't secretly work for studios during the walkout, which is expected to be lengthy.
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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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After yanking the red carpet out from under the Golden Globes and threatening the Oscars, the union for striking Hollywood writers is deciding whether to picket the U.S. music industry's highest honors.
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Screenwriters by a sizable majority authorized their leaders to call a strike against Hollywoodâs producers as early as Nov. 1.
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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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BREAKING NEWS | Leaders ask guild members to ratify tentative contract deal with studios and bring end to months-old labor clash.
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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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Flight attendants at the UAL Corporation, parent of United Airlines, authorized their union to call a strike if the carrier terminates their collective bargaining agreement, the union said on Thursday.
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Hit US television series such as Heroes could be threatened by a strike of Hollywood screenwriters.
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The Writers Guild of America moved swiftly Sunday toward a resolution of its three-month-old strike, with guild leaders deciding to recommend the contract to members and ask them to vote on a quick end to the walkout.  By asking writers to vote separ...
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Film and television writers voted on Tuesday to lift their 14-week-old strike against the major studios and return to work the next day, formally ending the worst labor clash to hit Hollywood in 20 years.