This list of Hollywood strikes names the industrial strikes organized by Hollywood trade unions such as SAG-AFTRA—formerly the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)—the Writers Guild of America (WGA), and the Directors Guild of America (DGA). Demands for better compensation—especially residuals—have been a major goal of the strikes.

List

Year Strike Duration
2023 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike 118 days[1]
2023 2023 Writers Guild of America strike 148 days[2][3]
2007-08 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike 99 days[4][5][6]
2000 2000 Commercial Actors strike 182 days[7]
1988 1988 Commercial Actors Strike 25 days[8]
1988 1988 Writers Guild of America strike 154 days (the longest strike in the guild's history)[9]
1987 1987 Directors Strike 19 hours and 41 minutes (the shortest of all Hollywood strikes)[10]
1986 1986 Actors Strike 1 day[11]
1985 1985 Writers Strike 14 days
1982 1982 animators' strike 72 days
1981 1981 Writers Guild of America strike 92 days[12][13]
1980 1980 actors strike 95 days
1978-79 1978-79 SAG and AFTRA Commercials Strike 50 days[14]
1973 1973 WGA Screenwriters Strike[15] 111 days[9]
1972 1972 Composers and Lyricists Guild of America Strike 60 days
1967 1967 AFTRA Strike 12 days
1960 1960 Writers Guild of America strike 148 days[9] (Film)

156 days[9] (TV) [16]

1960 1960 Actors Strike 42 days[17][18]
1952 1952 Actors Strike 79 days[19]
1945 Set decorators Hollywood Black Friday strike 231 days
1942-1944 1942–1944 musicians' strike 834 days (the longest of all Hollywood strikes)
1941 Disney animators' strike 115 days[20]
1936 1936 Hollywood workers strike backed by American Federation of Labor against the use of US Army and Navy involvement in motion picture production[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ Robb, David; Patten, Dominic (July 13, 2023). "SAG-AFTRA Contract Talks Fail To Reach Deal; National Board Meeting Thursday Morning To Launch Strike; Sides Issue Statements". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  2. ^ Wilkinson, Alissa (May 2, 2023). "Hollywood's writers are on strike. Here's why that matters". Vox. Vox Media. Archived from the original on May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023. According to the WGA's proposals chart, the guild's proposals would gain the writers about $429 million in total per year. The AMPTP's counter-proposal is an increase of about $86 million per year.
  3. ^ "WGA on Strike". WGAContract2023.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on May 2, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  4. ^ Horiuchi, Vince (2007-11-04). "Writers strike to hit TV first - and hard". The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
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  6. ^ Handel, Jonathan (2011). Hollywood on Strike!: An Industry at War in the Internet Age. Los Angeles, CA: Hollywood Analytics. p. 580. ISBN 978-1-4382-3385-7. Archived from the original on July 12, 2001. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  7. ^ Staff Writers (June 23, 2023). "SAG-AFTRA History 2000s". www.sagaftra.org. Screen Actors Guild. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  8. ^ Staff Writers (June 23, 2023). "Sag-Aftra History 1980s". www.sagaftra.org. Screen Actors Guild. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  9. ^ a b c d McNary, Dave (April 30, 2017). "Hollywood Wonders if Writers Guild Will Strike for Seventh Time". Variety. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  10. ^ Aljean Harmetz (August 9, 1987). "That's Hollywood: The Strike That Never Was". New York Times. New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  11. ^ Staff Writers (August 3, 1986). "Around the Nation; Actors' Strike Averted After 14 Hours of Talks". New York Times. New York Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  12. ^ Vernon Scott (April 11, 1981). "Television and Motion Picture Writers went on Strike Today". upi.com. United Press International, Inc. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  13. ^ Aljean Harmetz (July 12, 1981). "Tentative Accord Reached in Strike of Screen Writers". New York Times. New York Times. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  14. ^ "1970s". www.sagaftra.org. SAG-AFTRA. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  15. ^ Farber, Stephen (June 30, 1973). "Rift Remains After Strike by Writers". The New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  16. ^ "WGA Talks Will Continue Thursday After 'Encouraging' Session". Variety. 2023-09-20. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  17. ^ Staff Writers (June 23, 2023). "Sag-Aftra History 1960s". www.sagaftra.org. Screen Actors Guild. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  18. ^ Federman, Wayne (14 November 2011). "What Reagan Did for Hollywood". The Atlantic. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  19. ^ Staff Writers (June 23, 2023). "Sag-Aftra History 1950s". www.sagaftra.org. Screen Actors Guild. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  20. ^ Prescod, Paul (29 May 2021). "80 Years Ago Today, Disney Animation Workers Went on Strike". Jacobin. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1936)". Internet Archive. [New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.] Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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