Writers' strike at 100 days: why we're no closer to the end - and a look at what comes next
The WGA strike has entered its 100th day.
The Writers Guild of America, a union that represents writers in film, television, radio, and online media, took their first industrial action since 2007 on May 2 and went on strike after the guild failed to negotiate a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. In the last 100 days, SAG-AFTRA has joined in with a strike of their own – but both Hollywood actors and writers are nowhere near close to striking a proper deal for fair wages.
On May 1, the WGA issued a statement with the following subheading: "Our negotiation with the studios and streamers has failed to reach an agreement. We are on strike." The statement explained that the WGA Negotiating Committee had spent six weeks negotiating with the likes of Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Discovery-Warner, NBC Universal, Paramount, and Sony under the umbrella of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The goal was to achieve a new contract that reflects fair pay – namely residuals from streaming media – and protections that include "use of material produced using artificial intelligence or similar technologies."
The WGA strike officially went into effect on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 12:01 am PT/3:01 am ET.
Unfortunately, not much when it comes to getting any closer to fair pay. The WGA and the AMPTP met on August 4, but failed to reach an agreement to resume contract negotiations. The AMPTP insists it was willing to increase its offer on a few writer-specific TV minimums and discuss AI, with the WGA insisting that it was "willing to engage with the companies and resume negotiations in good faith to make a fair deal for all writers".
Over the last 100 days, VFX workers voted
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