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Article: Writers Guild of America votes to authorize a strike against ABC and CBS on March 1 if current negotiations fail.
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- PR Newswire
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- February 26, 1987
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NEW YORK, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the Writers Guild of America last night voted overwhelmingly to authorize their negotiators to call a strike against ABC and CBS, if the current contract negotiations for news staff personnel fail to produce an agreement by midnight March 1 when the present pact expires.
The vote was taken at meetings held in New York City, Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles, with a large turnout of members. 93.5 percent of those who voted approved the measure.
Mona Mangan, who is chief negotiator for the Writers Guild and executive director of the Writers Guild, East, called the vote "a ringing affirmation of the unity ...