Writers at the iconic PBS children's series "Sesame Street" have ratified a five-year contract deal with the show's production company. The writers had authorized a strike and would have been set to hit the picket lines if they hadn't reached a deal before their contract expired last month,

After mounting a strike threat that was later averted, Sesame Workshop writers have ratified a new five-year labor contract that their union president is touting as “groundbreaking.” Twenty-eight out of the group of 35 workers voted to support a tentative deal reached on April 19,

Writers Guild members at the Sesame Workshop have got a new contract. The writers “overwhelmingly” approved the five-year collective bargaining agreement, the guild announced on Friday. Sesame Workshop writers reached a tentative deal in April,