WGA STRIKE HUB
Writers are facing the most comprehensive assault on compensation and working conditions that they have seen in a generation. The studios have taken advantage of the transition to streaming to underpay entertainment industry workers, including writers in every area of work. Like too many working people across our economy, as corporate profits grow, writers are just not keeping up.
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When you walk in circles in front of every studio in town, you are carrying with you a cause that is larger than just us and this business. Though just us and this business would be enough. We are marching for labor. And labor is watching us.
Chris Keyser WGA Negotiating Committee Co-Chair -
This is not just about fighting back, it’s also about fighting forward. Fighting back because we need to show the networks and studios and streaming services that we mean business. Fighting forward because we are unafraid of confronting what lies ahead, because we know our value and the value of the humanity we bring to our craft.
Michael Winship WGAE President -
This action is about more than just our struggles as writers. It’s about workers and labor across our country. We have historic solidarity from our sister unions, because they are feeling starved out too. They see their struggle in our struggle.
Meredith Stiehm WGAW President -
The next step is for the companies to recognize that the agenda we put on the table is the one that writers absolutely demand, and that they’ve got to address it. It’s really as simple as that. Saying ‘no’ to all these things is not going to get a deal.
Ellen Stutzman Chief Negotiator
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Stand with the 11,500 WGA members who write and produce the TV and films that entertain the world.
The Guilds have Strike Funds and can provide no-interest or low-interest loans to members who need financial assistance.
Each WGAW and WGAE member is required to follow these Strike Rules. The purpose of the Rules is to win the best possible contract for writers.
Learn about the WGA contract campaign and why writers say it’s an “existential” fight to ensure the future of the profession of writing.
View the WGA's proposals and the AMPTP's counteroffers as of May 1, 2023.
With a historic level of participation, 97.85% of the participating writers voted to authorize to a strike if the AMPTP does not offer an acceptable deal by May 1.
Contact the WGA with questions, to join a team, or become a captain. Send press requests to Communications Specialist Bob Hopkinson.
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