WGA West Staff Union Delivers “Strike-Ending” Updated Contract Proposal . . . After trying to call WGA West leadership back to the bargaining table last weekend to seemingly no avail, the guild’s staff union is now taking a different approach The WGSU delivered a new, “strike-ending” proposal to executive director Ellen Stutzman on Thursday as the staff’s work stoppage nears the end of its sixth week “This bargaining cycle has been marked by a long, drawn
2023 Writers Guild of America strike - Wikipedia As a result, the leadership of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) unanimously approved a strike on the eve of May 2, the first of its kind since the 2007–2008 strike fifteen years prior
Writers still struggling 2 years after strike ends - Spectrum News The WGA strike, which began in May 2023 and lasted 148 days, was the union’s eighth walkout in its history The dispute centered on compensation in the streaming era, concerns about shrinking writers’ rooms, and the threat of artificial intelligence replacing creative work
WGA strike to end Wednesday, members authorized to return to work Eligible voters will be able to vote beginning Monday through Oct 9, and will receive ballot and ratification materials when the vote opens The strike was less than a week away from surpassing the longest strike in Writers Guild history, which occurred in 1988 and lasted 154 days