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Strike May End Soon, but Writers May Confront a Hostile Hollywood.
As movie and television writers deliberate whether to end a strike that is about to enter its fourth month, they will also have to grapple with a sober realization: the work world to which they return may be even less friendly than the one they left behind.
Over the weekend, Hollywood was swept by hope that the walkout by writers may soon end. The strike has brought most television production to a halt, forced the postponement of studio blockbusters and thrown tens of thousands of people out of work. Major stumbling blocks to a deal between producers and the striking writers, including nettlesome differences over compensation for digital media, were eliminated in informal talks.
Over the next week, leaders of the Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East will brief their governing groups, even as they begin drafting provisions that could become the backbone of a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
In an e-mailed bulletin on Sunday, the presidents of the two guilds told members they “do not yet have a contract,” and stressed the need for continued picketing.
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