Striking Hollywood union weighs Grammys show plea
After yanking the red carpet out from under the Golden Globes and threatening the Oscars, the union for striking Hollywood writers is deciding whether to picket the U.S. music industry's highest honors, according to Reuters.
Grammy organizers have asked the Writers Guild of America for a strike waiver enabling the 50th annual edition of the music awards to go on as usual with union writers and without pickets, WGA officials said on Tuesday.
But union leaders expressed doubt that they would grant the Grammy request. The decision rests with the WGA's governing board, the union said.
"I wouldn't bet on a waiver, as much as we hate to see artists not get their recognition," WGA spokesman Jeff Hermanson told 
Reuters.
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which sponsors the Grammys, issued a statement urging the WGA to reach an accord with producers of the ceremony but insisted the show would go on with or without the WGA's blessing.
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