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This list of Hollywood strikes names the industrial strikes organized by Hollywood trade unions such as SAG-AFTRA (formerly the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)), the Writers Guild of America (WGA), and the Directors Guild of America (DGA).
The 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike was a labor strike between actors in the labor union SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP. The strike began at midnight PDT on July 14, 2023, after the SAG-AFTRA's national board of directors held a vote approving the strike. The strike marks the first time that actors have initiated a labor dispute since the 1980 actors strike.
The 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike had a significant impact on the film and television industries of the United States, causing many film and television projects to shut down or postpone production. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Many productions had already been affected by the concurrent Writers Guild of America strike which began in May 2023 and concluded in late ...
1981: A 96-day strike results in the landmark contract that for the first time guarantees writers a share of producer revenues from the fast-growing pay-TV and home video markets. The strike idles ...
On Thursday, for the first time in more than six months, neither Hollywood's actors nor its writers will be on strike. The long-awaited clearing in the industry's stormiest season in decades comes ...
The leaders of SAG-AFTRA, the Hollywood union representing 160,000 television and movie actors, went on strike on Thursday, joining the industry’s screenwriters who have already been picketing ...
A crowd of WGA and SAG-AFTRA members strike in Los Angeles on June 21, 2023.. The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike had a significant impact on the film and television industries of the United States, causing many film and television projects to shut down or postpone production.
Hollywood actors strikes have been less frequent and shorter than those by writers. The Screen Actors Guild (they added the “AFTRA” in a 2011 merger) has gone on strike against film and TV ...