Striking Hollywood writers have reached a tentative agreement with studios.
While the WGA settlement is significant, it will not put Hollywood back to work. The actors’ union SAG-AFTRA is still on strike.
The Writers Guild of America announced a tentative labor agreement with major studios on Sunday, which is expected to end one of two strikes that have halted most film and television production and cost the California economy billions of dollars.
Before it can go into effect, the three-year contract must be approved by members of the WGA, which represents 11,500 film and television writers.
The WGA said in a brief statement that the deal was “made possible by the enduring solidarity of WGA members and extraordinary support of our union siblings who joined us on the picket lines for over 146 days.”
While the WGA settlement is significant, it will not put Hollywood back to work. The actors’ union SAG-AFTRA is still on strike.
Writers went on strike on May 2 after negotiations broke down over pay, minimum staffing in writers’ rooms, the use of artificial intelligence, and residuals that compensate writers for popular streaming shows, among other issues.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents Walt Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery, and other major studios, did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
