The Writer’s Guild of America’s (WGA) first strike in 15 years began this week. The Writers Guild of America, which represents 11,500 writers of film, television and other entertainment forms, was in contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for six weeks before announcing their strike, which started at 12:01 a.m. PT on Tuesday.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers represents major studios such as Disney, Netflix and Paramount. The last strike, the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America work stoppage, went on for 100 days, at an estimated cost of around $2 billion to the industry.
