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On April 18, 2023, 97.85% of members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted to go on strike if they failed to reach a satisfactory agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents the major film and television studios in Hollywood, by May 1. [32]
It is the largest interruption to American film and television production since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, as well as the largest labor stoppage for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) since the 2007–08 strike. [1] On July 14, 2023, SAG-AFTRA joined the WGA in its own strike, [2] halting production on any remaining film or television ...
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike is officially over. On the 148th day of the work stoppage, the board of the WGA West and council of the WGA East voted unanimously on Tuesday to lift the ...
The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike was a labor dispute between the Writers Guild of America (WGA)—representing 11,500 screenwriters [17] —and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). It began at 12:01 a.m. PDT on May 2, 2023.
Writers and their supporters walk the picket line. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images The Writers Guild of America has voted to lift its five-month-long strike following a tentative deal with the ...
The WGA also launched a strike in 1988 over residuals, spanning 153 days. The more recent three-month strike disrupted the seasons of many hit shows at the time, including “The Office ...
Along with the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike (which ended on September 27, 2023), [4] it was part of a series of broader Hollywood labor disputes. Both the 2023 SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes contributed to the biggest interruption to the American film and television industries since the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 just three ...
After 146 days on the picket line, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has struck a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) to end the writers' strike ...