Contract Talks 1988
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Shortly after the vote to end the writer’s strike came through last Sunday, I drove up to a friend’s house in Beverly Hills to wish him well on an upcoming trip and chat about the life of the writer in Hollywood.
Aug. 14, 1988
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The nation’s screenwriters will go back to work today after the approval of a new four-year contract Sunday that ends the crippling 154-day strike by the Writers Guild of America, the longest walkout in film industry history.
Aug. 8, 1988
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Spokesmen for Writers, Producers Agree Walkout Was Frustrating for All
Aug. 6, 1988
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End of Costly 150-Day Walkout Over Residuals Could Be Monday
Aug. 4, 1988
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While Writers Union Threatens, Producers Seek Screenplays
July 7, 1988
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Personalities, Psychology and a $637 Item Keep Sides Apart
June 30, 1988
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By a wide margin, members of the Writers Guild of America voted to reject a producers’ contract offer and continue their 16-week-old strike against the motion picture and television industry, the union reported Thursday.
June 24, 1988
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A potential settlement between Hollywood producers and the striking Writers Guild of America has snagged on a continued dispute over residual payments for foreign sales of movies and television shows, sources familiar with the closed-door negotiations said Monday.
June 14, 1988
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With charges still flying from both sides, the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers agreed Thursday to sit down with a federal mediator on Monday--the first such meeting since an abortive 20-minute session on April 8.
May 20, 1988
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As Hollywood writers began a strike Monday against movie and television companies, producers and TV networks prepared to weather a prolonged work stoppage.
March 8, 1988