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CBS News Writers Authorize Strike After Working Under Expired Contract For More Than 2 Years

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The Associated Press

Published: November 20, 2007

NEW YORK - CBS News writers authorized their union leaders to call a national strike, the Writers Guild of America said Monday, escalating a labor impasse.

About 500 CBS News television and radio writers - who work in New York, Los Angeles, Washington and Chicago - have been working under an expired contract since April 2005.

CBS News, a division of CBS Corp., said the vote was "unfortunate," calling its latest offer "fair and reasonable."

In a prepared statement, the company said it "remains fully prepared, and ready to continue producing the highest quality news programming."
Hollywood drama and comedy writers, who are also represented by the WGA, are entering the third week of an unrelated industry strike that has shaken network and cable television, threatening popular shows such as Fox's "24" and sending late-night talk shows, such as Comedy Central's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart," into unplanned reruns.

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