List of Hollywood strikes explained

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	days^[1]
2023	2023 Writers Guild of America strike	days^[2] ^[3]
2007-08	2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike	days^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
2000	2000 Commercial Actors strike	days^[7]
1988	1988 Commercial Actors Strike	days^[8]
1988	1988 Writers Guild of America strike	days (the longest strike in the guild's history)
1987	1987 Directors Strike	19 hours and 41 minutes (the shortest of all Hollywood strikes)^[9]
1986	1986 Actors Strike	day^[10]
1985	1985 Writers Strike	14 days
1982	1982 animators' strike	days
1981	1981 Writers Guild of America strike	days^[11] ^[12]
1980	1980 actors strike	days
1978-79	1978-79 SAG and AFTRA Commercials Strike	days^[13]
1973	1973 WGA Screenwriters Strike^[14]	days^[15]
1972	1972 Composers and Lyricists Guild of America Strike	60 days
1967	1967 AFTRA Strike	days
1960	1960 Writers Guild of America strike	days (Film) days (TV)^[16]
1960	1960 Actors Strike	days^[17] ^[18]
1952	1952 Actors Strike	days^[19]
1945	Set decorators Hollywood Black Friday strike	days
1942-1944	1942–1944 musicians' strike	days (the longest of all Hollywood strikes)
1941	Disney animators' strike	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

• List of strikes
• Residual (entertainment industry)
• Timeline of labor issues and events
• 2023 Hollywood labor disputes

Bibliography

• Book: Blanchard, Margaret A.. 2013 . History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia. New York, NY. Taylor & Francis. 9781135917425 .
• Book: Littleton, Cynthia. 2013 . TV on Strike: Why Hollywood Went to War Over the Internet. Syracuse, NY. Syracuse University Press. 9780815610083 .
• Book: Handel, Jonathan. 2011. Hollywood on Strike!: An Industry at War in the Internet Age. Los Angeles, CA. Hollywood Analytics. 9781438233857.

Notes and References

1. Web site: SAG-AFTRA Contract Talks Fail To Reach Deal; National Board Meeting Thursday Morning To Launch Strike; Sides Issue Statements. David. Robb. Dominic. Patten. Deadline Hollywood. July 13, 2023. July 13, 2023.
2. Web site: Wilkinson . Alissa . Hollywood's writers are on strike. Here's why that matters. . . . May 3, 2023 . May 2, 2023 . May 3, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230503174214/https://www.vox.com/culture/23696617/writers-strike-wga-2023-explained-residuals-streaming-ai . live . 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. Web site: WGA on Strike . https://web.archive.org/web/20230502190624/https://www.wgacontract2023.org/announcements/wga-on-strike . May 2, 2023 . May 3, 2023 . WGAContract2023.org . . en.
4. News: Horiuchi . Vince . 2007-11-04 . Writers strike to hit TV first - and hard . . dead . 20 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313120036/http://www.sltrib.com/entertainment/ci_7372315 . 13 March 2012.
5. News: 2008-02-13 . Strike over, Hollywood writers head back to work . CNN.com . 2008-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080413003541/http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/13/writers.strike/index.html . April 13, 2008.
6. Book: Handel, Jonathan . Hollywood on Strike!: An Industry at War in the Internet Age . Hollywood Analytics . 2011 . 978-1-4382-3385-7 . Los Angeles, CA . 580 . 26 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010712151407/http://www.jhandel.com/ . July 12, 2001 . live.
7. Web site: SAG-AFTRA History 2000s . 2023-06-23 . www.sagaftra.org . Screen Actors Guild . Staff Writers . June 23, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230607141012/https://www.sagaftra.org/about/our-history/2000s . June 7, 2023.
8. Web site: Sag-Aftra History 1980s . 2023-06-23 . www.sagaftra.org . Screen Actors Guild . Staff Writers . June 23, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404103503/https://www.sagaftra.org/about/our-history/1980s . April 4, 2023.
9. News: Aljean Harmetz. That's Hollywood: The Strike That Never Was. New York Times. New York Times. August 9, 1987. June 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20171104061259/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/09/business/that-s-hollywood-the-strike-that-never-was.html . November 4, 2017.
10. News: Staff Writers. Around the Nation; Actors' Strike Averted After 14 Hours of Talks. New York Times. New York Times. August 3, 1986. June 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20150524183927/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/03/us/around-the-nation-actors-strike-averted-after-14-hours-of-talks.html . May 24, 2015.
11. Web site: Television and Motion Picture Writers went on Strike Today. 2023-06-23 . upi.com . United Press International, Inc . Vernon Scott . April 11, 1981 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230331091859/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/04/11/Television-and-motion-picture-writers-went-on-strike-today/8889355813200/ . March 31, 2023.
12. News: Aljean Harmetz. Tentative Accord Reached in Strike of Screen Writers. New York Times. New York Times. July 12, 1981 . June 23, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125235949/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/12/us/tentative-accord-reached-in-strike-of-screen-writers.html . January 25, 2022.
13. Web site: 1970s . SAG-AFTRA . 2023-10-06 . www.sagaftra.org.
14. Web site: Farber. Stephen. Rift Remains After Strike by Writers. The New York Times. June 30, 1973. January 4, 2019.
15. Web site: McNary. Dave. Hollywood Wonders if Writers Guild Will Strike for Seventh Time. Variety. April 30, 2017. January 4, 2019.
16. Web site: WGA Talks Will Continue Thursday After ‘Encouraging’ Session . Variety . 2023-09-20 . 2023-11-11.
17. Web site: Sag-Aftra History 1960s . 2023-06-23 . www.sagaftra.org . Screen Actors Guild . Staff Writers . June 23, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230607162451/https://www.sagaftra.org/about/our-history/1960s . June 7, 2023.
18. Web site: Federman . Wayne . What Reagan Did for Hollywood . The Atlantic . 4 May 2023 . en . 14 November 2011.
19. Web site: Sag-Aftra History 1950s . 2023-06-23 . www.sagaftra.org . Screen Actors Guild . Staff Writers . June 23, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230607095123/https://www.sagaftra.org/about/our-history/1950s . June 7, 2023.
20. Web site: 80 Years Ago Today, Disney Animation Workers Went on Strike . Prescod . Paul . 29 May 2021 . . 4 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220922141636/https://jacobin.com/2021/05/disney-workers-animators-cartoonists-artists-strike-picket-1941-guild-scg-sorrell-babbitt/ . September 22, 2022.
21. Web site: Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1936) . Internet Archive . [New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.] . 1 December 2022.