Writers Guild End Their Walkout
LOS ANGELES — The striking members of the Writers Guild of America voted overwhelmingly late yesterday to end the three-month walkout that has crippled the entertainment industry.
Patric Varrone, president of Writers Guild of America West, announced the end of the strike against the Hollywood studios in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday.
The vote by 3,775 of the guild’s 10,500 active members comes two days after the union said it had reached a tentative deal with the major Hollywood studios and broadcast networks for a three-year contract. The vote ends the guild’s strike in advance of the expected formal ratification of the contract in the next few weeks. The union said 92.5% of the votes were in favor of ending the strike.
Writers are expected to be back at work today.
For the full article in the Wall Street Journal
