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WGA Picket Lines Won’t Hit The Streets First Thing Tuesday If There Is A Strike; Guild Plans Shrine Auditorium Meeting For Weds, Deal Or No Deal

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EXCLUSIVE: While the Writers Guild of America will continue to negotiate with the studios right up to the expiration of their current contact on May 1, strike preparations are underway — but Hollywood might not see picket lines as quickly as you think.

In fact, the WGA will likely not have its first picket lines out on the streets “until Tuesday afternoon,” sources tell me. Add to that, the guild leadership are planning a big meeting on May 3 at the over 6,000 capacity Shrine Auditorium to explain to members why they do or do not have an agreement with the AMPTP.

With the tense atmosphere gripping the town right now, the explaintion of the later than expected WGA picket start time is actually more  bureaucratic than dramatic.

Like any large organization, the WGA has procedures. and part of the procedure in the case of a strike is that the WGA West Board and the WGA East council have to formally approve said strike action, if it comes to that.

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