CBS News writers contemplating their own strike

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By Matea Gold, Times Staff Writer

NEW YORK — As Hollywood braces for its television and film writers to go on strike as soon as Monday, more than 500 CBS News employees represented by the Writers Guild of America under a separate agreement with that network are contemplating their own work action.

The CBS television and radio staffers — a group that includes news writers, editors, desk assistants, production assistants, graphic artists, promotion writers, and researchers who work at a local or network level in New York, Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles — plan to vote Nov. 15 on authorizing a strike. Read more here.