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Hollywood writers vote to end 14-week strike

Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:57pm EST

LOS ANGELES, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Film and television writers voted on Tuesday to lift their 14-week-old strike against the major studios and return to work the next day, formally ending the worst labor clash to hit Hollywood in 20 years.

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The back-to-work order was approved by 92.5 percent of the 3,775 members of Writers Guild of America who cast ballots in Los Angeles and New York two days after union leaders voted unanimously to endorse their contract settlement with the studios. (Reporting by Steve Gorman; editing by Mohammad Zargham)

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