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Friday, August 31, 2007

To strike or not? Hollywood's next drama

To strike or not? Hollywood's next drama
Source: NY Times
Labor issues are at the fore here because the master contract between film and television producers and two powerful writers unions — the Writers Guild of America, West, and the Writers Guild of America, East — is scheduled to expire in just two months, on Oct. 31. While conventional Hollywood wisdom is betting against an immediate strike, just as there was no strike in the last go-round with the producers, the guilds’ memberships have not yet ruled out that most aggressive step.

 



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