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49,800 strikers. The 2023 United Auto Workers strike was a labor strike involving automobile workers in the labor union United Auto Workers (UAW) and the three unionized automakers in the United States— Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis. These three automakers' factories combined employ about 145,000 UAW members and produce ...
From July 14 to November 9, 2023, the American actors' union SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) was on strike over a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). As the longest strike in SAG-AFTRA history, [2] its combined impact with the 2023 Writers ...
From May 2 to November 9, 2023, a series of long labor disputes within the film and television industries of the United States took place, mainly focused on the strikes of the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA. It was the second time two Hollywood labor unions were striking simultaneously — the first having occurred in 1960 – and as ...
The 2022 United States railroad labor dispute was a labor dispute between freight railroads and workers in the United States. Rail companies and unions had tentatively agreed to a deal in September 2022, but it was rejected by a majority of the unions' rank-and-file members. [2][3] Congress and President Joe Biden intervened to pass the ...
In anticipation of the official start of the strike, workers at the Port of Virginia began systematically halting operations after 8:00 a.m. EST, closing the port gates for truck deliveries at noon, issuing orders for ships to leave the port by 1:00 p.m., and ceasing cargo work at 6 p.m. [6]
25 days [8] 1988. 1988 Writers Guild of America strike. 154 days (the longest strike in the guild's history) [9] 1987. 1987 Directors Strike. 19 hours and 41 minutes (the shortest of all Hollywood strikes) [10] 1986. 1986 Actors Strike.
v. t. e. Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike in British English, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became common during the Industrial Revolution, when mass labor became important in factories and mines.
From May 2 to September 27, 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA)—representing 11,500 screenwriters [2] —went on strike over a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). [3][4] With a duration of 148 days, the strike is tied with the 1960 strike as the second-longest labor stoppage that the WGA ...