WRITERS SHOW HOW A UNION CAN WORK

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ABC NEWS - Leaving a meeting attended by at least 1,000 writers at the
Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles late Saturday, writer/producer David
Fury of Fox's "24" said the mood inside the building was "euphoric."
Fury said, "I think that we showed that the union is strong and next
time they'll think twice about rolling back on gains that we've already
made."

Many writers said they did not get everything they wanted, but that they
had done better than they would have if they had not walked out on
television and movie production.

Union members say the WGA will take 48 hours to have a vote on whether
to lift the strike so writers can return to work this week. It will take
another two weeks to actually ratify the contract. . .

Describing the agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and
Television Producers as "neither perfect nor perhaps all that we
deserve," Patric Verrone and Michael Winship, respectively the
presidents of the Writers Guild West and East, said in a letter to
members, "Continuing to strike now will not bring sufficient gains to
outweigh the potential risks and that the time has come to accept this
contract and settle this strike."

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