ABC employees ratify new guild contract

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2010/05/11/ABC-employees-ratify-new-guild-contract/UPI-60671273601569/

Published: May 11, 2010 at 2:12 PM

NEW YORK, May 11 (UPI) -- ABC News employees represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, AFL-CIO have overwhelmingly ratified their new contract agreement.

The vote was 89 percent yes; 11 percent no.

The three-year contract is effective immediately and affects newswriters, editors, desk assistants, production assistants, graphic artists and researchers in national and local television and radio in New York and Washington.

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