Money is a major issue.
The contract dispute threatens to interrupt work on scores of television programs and feature films. Actors and writers vow to walk off the set as well as the publicity circuit if they don't get new three-year contracts to their liking. The threat of strikes has already sent the studios into overdrive to wrap up their fall television schedules and films set for release this year. Meanwhile, government officials in the Los Angeles area warn that thousands of jobs and millions of dollars would be lost if there are lengthy strikes. Mostly About Money Labor talks in the employment industry are complicated by the fact that employees often work for multiple employers, with production based mainly in Los Angeles but also in New York.