Contract Talks 1988

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.

The Story Behind the Settlement

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.

Spokesmen for Writers, Producers Agree Walkout Was Frustrating for All

End of Costly 150-Day Walkout Over Residuals Could Be Monday

While Writers Union Threatens, Producers Seek Screenplays

Personalities, Psychology and a $637 Item Keep Sides Apart

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.

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.

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.

Labor Strife Reads Like Stale Script

TV Hit Hard; No Talks Set

As Hollywood writers began a strike Monday against movie and television companies, producers and TV networks prepared to weather a prolonged work stoppage.