2007–2008 CBS News writers strike

U.S. television labor dispute 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike February 2025 The 2007–2008 CBS News writers strike is a strike action by news writers working for the U.S.-based news broadcaster CBS News. The strike began on November 19, 2007. In addition to CBS News, CBS's locally owned and operated station news operations (including CBS Radio's news radio stations like WCBS, WBBM, KYW and KNX) have been without a contract with the network since April 2005.http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-et-newsstrike3nov03,0,2389079.story?coll=cl-tv-features Los Angeles Times Gold Matea Union leaders expect CBS News writers to back strike 2007-11-05 2007-11-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20071106062318/http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-et-newsstrike3nov03%2C0%2C2389079.story?coll=cl-tv-features 2007-11-06 dead While most news writers are members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, a labor union representing workers in the entertainment industry, CBS News and CBS-owned news station employees are represented by the Writers Guild of America. On November 19, 2007, employees voted to authorize strike action along with the rest of the guild.https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/business/media/20strike.html?ref=business The New York Times Stelter Brian Employees at CBS News Vote to Authorize a Strike 2007-12-19 2007-11-20 Democratic presidential candidates John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden and Bill Richardson said they would not cross picket lines for appearances on interview shows or a candidate debate.Nikki Finke reports on candidate reluctance to cross picket lines On January 9, 2008, the WGAE and CBS News struck a tentative deal. https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978739.html 2008-01-09 WGA, CBS News strike deal 2008-01-14 Variety Dave McNary On January 24, the WGA announced that its members had voted to ratify the contract, which runs to April 1, 2010. WGA http://wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2737 Writers Guilds of America-CBS News Employees Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract Agreement 2008-01-24 2008-04-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20080423232103/http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2737 2008-04-23 dead References CBS News writers strike CBS News writers strike Category:Entertainment industry labor disputes in the United States Category:CBS News CBS News writers strike CBS News writers strike