The WGA has announced that Paul Howes, National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union, will join the WGA picket line in front of Fox at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.
With the WGA strike in its 11th week, picketing resumed Tuesday at most major lots including Warner, Disney, Paramount, NBC Burbank, CBS Radford, CBS Television City and Fox. It will stage a single picket on Friday at NBC.
The WGA's no longer picketing at Sony, Universal and Raleigh.
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January 15, 2008
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Exactly what business is this of Paul Howes, National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union?
Posted by: Richard | January 16, 2008 at 03:43 AM