Article: Membership of the Writers Guild of America, East votes overwhelmingly to affiliate with the AFL-CIO.

MEMBERSHIP OF THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, EAST

VOTES OVERWHELMINGLY TO AFFILIATE WITH THE AFL-CIO

NEW YORK, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Writers Guild of America, East -- which represents 3,200 writers of prime time and daytime television shows and feature motion pictures, as well as CBS and ABC news writers and other news personnel -- will affiliate with the AFL-CIO as the result of an overwhelming vote last night by the WGAE membership in support of joining the national labor federation. The ballots were counted and the results of the voting were announced at a special membership meeting on affiliation held at the Warwick Hotel in New York. ...

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