Behind the WGA, AMPTP breakdown

November 06, 2007 Counter was referring to the odd occurrence a day earlier, when negotiators discovered -- even as they continued bargaining discussions -- that the WGA East had notified its members they were officially on strike at 12:01 a.m. EST. Meanwhile, the parties also expressed different views Monday about how much bargaining progress had been marked in the eleventh-hour Sunday session. Late Sunday night, a couple of hours after the last-ditch bargaining session came asunder at 9:30 p.m. PST, the WGA listed several issues its execs felt that management had continued to ignore.

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