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Nov 28, 2007 5:40 pm US/Pacific

Dems Call Off Debate Over WGA Strike

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 COMPLETE COVERAGE: WGA Strike

LOS ANGELES (CBS) ― The Democratic National Committee cancelled a planned presidential debate in Los Angeles because of a threatened strike by CBS news writers.



The debate was initially scheduled for Dec. 10 and would have aired on CBS.  

The network's news writers, who have been working under an expired contract since 2005, have authorized the Writers Guild of America to call a national strike. Some of the Democratic presidential candidates have indicated they would not participate in the debate if the labor dispute went unresolved.



Karen Finney, communications director for the Democratic National Committee, issued a statement saying the December 10 debate would be canceled and would not be rescheduled. 


"This was triggered by CBS' fear that the Democratic candidates would not cross a picket line by WGA-CBS news writers or WGA film and TV writers to participate in the debate -- a concern that could have been avoided entirely if CBS would simply sit down and negotiate a fair contract for its news and entertainment employees," the WGA statement said.

 

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