2023 Hollywood labor disputes

2023 Hollywood labor disputes
2023 Hollywood labor disputes
	SAG-AFTRA and WGA members marching in unison, June 2023
Date	May 2 – November 9, 2023; (6 months and 7 days, or 191 days)
Location	United States; Primarily Los Angeles and New York City;
Caused by	Lack of compensation from streaming services; Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) threatening job security for screenwriters and actors;
Goals	Pay raises for screenwriters and actors; Safeguarding of jobs against advancements in AI technology;
Methods	Strike action; Work stoppage; Picketing;
Resulted in	WGA tentative agreement reached on September 24 and strike ended on September 27; contract ratified on October 9.; SAG-AFTRA tentative agreement reached on November 8 and strike ended on November 9; contract ratified on December 5.;
Parties
Writers Guild of America; (until September 27) Writers Guild of America West; Writers Guild of America, East; ; SAG-AFTRA; (from July 14)	Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
Lead figures
	Fran Drescher; Meredith Stiehm; Michael Winship; Carol Lombardini
Number
SAG-AFTRA: 160,000+; WGA: 24,000+ (West), 5,000+ (East) (2019)	350+ production companies, streaming services, and broadcast networks

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 such, the American news media named this phenomenon the "Hollywood double strike", and surpassed the 1960 dual strike as well. By November 9, 2023, both the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA had reached tentative deals with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and ended their strikes.

In July, The New York Times predicted that with the actor's union joining, "viewers are likely to notice the effects of the dual walkouts more broadly within the next couple of months". Both labor disputes have caused the largest interruption to the American film and television industries since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

On September 24, 2023, WGA suspended picketing upon reaching a tentative agreement. Following a vote, the union leadership voted to end the strike on September 27, 2023, at 12:01 a.m. PDT. On November 8, 2023, SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement and the strike ended on November 9, at 12:01 a.m. PDT.

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