WGA To Hold 48 Hour Vote

WGA members will have the chance to vote on whether to end the strike under an expedited 48-hour voting process, according to reports in the entertainment trade paper Variety.

WGA leaders told members during Saturday’s night’s meeting to detail the contract deal just reached with the majors.

That means scribes technically will not be back to work on Monday, as had been widely expected in recent days. However, numerous members attending the meeting - which drew about 3,000 to the Shrine Auditorium on the West coast, said many of the writers and producers are already unofficially prepping projects and scripts.