have voted almost unanimously to approve the contract agreement reached by their union leaders that after nearly five months, while to find a way out of their own strike.

The Writers Guild of America announced Monday that 99% of the 8,525 members who cast ballots voted to ratify the deal.

The agreement was widely touted as a win by leaders, and widely praised by members, with major gains in payment, size of show staffs and control of in scripts. The result of the vote taken over the past week was never really in doubt.

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Meanwhile, nearly three months after their strike began, leaders of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists were back in contract negotiations with studios on Monday, a week after talks restarted.

Unlike the marathon night-and-weekend sessions that brought an end to the writers strike, the actors and their employers are moving more methodically in their talks, and it was not clear how much progress was being made.

Writers guild leaders urged studios to grant actors香蕉视频直播� demands and said their members would picket alongside them until a deal was reached.

The writers香蕉视频直播� new contract runs thorough May 1, 2026, three years after their previous contract expired and they went on strike. After negotiations that saw direct involvement from the chiefs of Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery, on Sept. 24. Two days later, when the board members voted to approve the agreement and send it to members, the and writers were released to work.

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The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents studios, streaming services and production companies in strike talks, congratulated writers for their vote, saying in a statement that the contract 香蕉视频直播渞epresents meaningful gains and protections for writers香蕉视频直播� and that it 香蕉视频直播渋s important progress for our industry that writers are back to work.香蕉视频直播�

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