Hollywood strike

Outside Fox studios in Los Angeles, production assistant Allie Palm and SAG-AFTRA actress Desiree Woolfolk say they can't wait to get back to work.

Arts

Actors and studios make a deal to end Hollywood strikes

7:34am November 09, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

SAG-AFTRA workers have been on strike since July, when they joined screenwriters on their strike. Now, if the performers approve their new deal, Hollywood may soon come to life again.

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Actor Jason George is on the negotiating team with SAG-AFTRA: "It's a heist movie" he says.

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We asked Hollywood actors and writers to imagine the strikes on screen

7:00am November 04, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

Some striking writers and actors told us it would be a rom-com. Others suggested a mystery, an alien abduction movie, or even a heist flick!

Writers, directors and other Hollywood union members are demanding the studios and streamers come back to the bargaining table with performers.

Arts

In solidarity with actors, other Hollywood unions demand studios resume negotiations

5:33pm October 13, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

Writers, directors and other Hollywood union members demand the studios and streamers come back to the bargaining table with performers.

Actress Gabrielle Maiden and fellow SAG-AFTRA members picket outside Universal Studios.

Arts

Contract talks between Hollywood studios and actors break down again

2:37pm October 12, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

The AMPTP has suspended contract negotiations; SAG-AFTRA accuses the alliance of "bully tactics."

Brian Nelson has been a WGA member for 30 years. On the picket line outside CBS Radford Studios on Friday, The screenwriter said "whatever deal we make may be the template for other deals going forward."

Arts

Three things to know about the Hollywood Writers' tentative agreement

1:22pm September 25, 2023

Writers are set to vote to ratify a new contract before they can end their nearly five month strike against the studios.

Screenwriters on strike protest in front of Paramount Studios on May 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Hollywood writers reach a tentative deal with studios after nearly five month strike

11:04pm September 24, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

Hollywood production has been halted for months as actors and writers have been on strike. Now, the writers are headed back to work. Actors represented by SAG-AFTRA remain on strike.

Journalist Michael Schulman says Drew Barrymore's great aunt, Ethel Barrymore, also undermined union efforts in 1929.

Arts

Drew Barrymore's Hollywood labor scuffle isn't the first for her family

4:25pm September 18, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

The talk show host reversed course after intense backlash over the announced return of her show. Barrymore's great aunt, actor Ethel Barrymore, also undermined union efforts in the 1920s.

SAG-AFTRA leader Fran Drescher has some choice words for Hollywood studio heads.

'You could be the hero': Fran Drescher tells NPR how the Hollywood strikes can end

10:10am September 07, 2023

Fran Drescher, president of the actors' union SAG-AFTRA, says the Hollywood strikes are at an inflection point.

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The late night heavyweights are putting their power into a new podcast, sharing this image on the Instagram page for the show.

Late night TV hosts team up for a new podcast amid the writers' strike

3:55pm August 31, 2023

by Andrew Limbong

The biggest names in late night have turned their private group chat into a Spotify podcast. All the proceeds will go to support their staff during the writers' strike.

A picket line outside of FOX Studios in Los Angeles. Hollywood actors have been on strike since mid-July; writers have been on strike since May.

Health & Safety

Hollywood union health insurance is particularly good. And it's jeopardized by strike

6:12pm August 30, 2023

by Jackie Fortier

Hollywood actors and writers who qualify for their union health plans get a very good deal compared to other Americans. But not working during the strike threatens their eligibility in the system.