Explainer: What's behind looming Hollywood writers' strike?
Writers of films and TV shows could go on strike as soon as Tuesday if an agreement on a new contract is not reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
LOS ANGELES AP" target="_self">(AP) — The union representing 11,500 writers of film, television and other entertainment forms could go on strike as soon as Tuesday. It would be the first writers’ strike — and the first Hollywood strike of any kind — in 15 years. Here's a look at the storylines the fight has spawned.
The talks
Months of negotiations, primarily over writers' pay for streaming shows, have still left considerable distance between the two sides: The Writers Guild of America — whose East and West versions are technically two unions that act as a unit in these talks — and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents Hollywood's studios, streamers and production companies in negotiations.
The current contract expires Monday, and a labor stoppage could be called for the following day. Many in the industry have been acting as though a strike is inevitable. Writers, who voted overwhelmingly to authorize their leaders to call a strike, have already begun making signs for picket lines.
