Union is Ready to Script an Ending

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 quickly to end the the walkout.

By calling for separate votes on ending the strike and accepting the contract, the union cleared the way for the entertainment industry to return to work almost immediately.

– The Associated Press

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Membership meetings will be held Tuesday to allow writers to decide whether the strike should be brought to a speedy end, said Patric Verrone, president of the guild’s West Coast branch. The tentative contract secures writers a share of the burgeoning digital- media market, he said, including compensation for Internet- delivered TV shows and movies. time frame

Show runners – industry lingo for the executive producers in charge of a TV series – are expected to be back at work today , preparing for the return of writers as soon as Wednesday, industry members said.

The strike’s end would allow many series to return this spring for what’s left of the current season .

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