Category: Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers

Meryl Streep and George Clooney Lead Donation Campaign for Striking Actors

The stars, joined by celebrities like Matt Damon and Oprah Winfrey, helped raise more than $15 million over the past three weeks.
Hollywood Strike Leaves Influencers Sidelined and Confused

Despite not being in the actors’ union, many content creators are passing up deals to promote films or TV shows because they don’t want to be barred from the guild or face online vitriol.
Searching for Someone to Deliver a Hollywood Ending

Thanks to a changing culture and differing business models, the entertainment industry lacks power brokers with the stature to bring on labor peace.
How TV Writing Became a Dead-End Job

The writers say Hollywood studios are increasingly limiting their roles in television productions, highlighting a trend for white-collar workers.
Hollywood Directors Stand Apart From Actors’ and Writers’ Strikes

Their union agreed to a deal with the studios last month. With actors and writers on strike, the industry is shut down anyway.
Actors and Hollywood Studios Are ‘Far Apart’ on Key Issues

The actors’ union and the organization that bargains on behalf of the studios traded statements underscoring how much work needs to be done to reach an agreement.
Labor Day Looms as Crisis Point in Hollywood Stalemate

Ongoing strikes could disrupt the entertainment industry in fundamental ways, putting the 2024 box office and the fall broadcast lineup in jeopardy.
Striking Actors Picket Across Country in Quest for New Contract

In Los Angeles and New York, actors and screenwriters braved the heat to admonish the major studios and demand a new deal.
Hollywood Actors’ Strike Looms as SAG-AFTRA Says Contract Talks Collapse

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Hollywood Shutdown Looms as SAG-AFTRA Says Contract Talks Collapse

SAG-AFTRA, representing 160,000 television and movie actors, could strike as soon as Thursday, joining screenwriters who have been picketing for over 70 days.
The SAG-AFTRA Union Could Strike in Hollywood This Week

If actors go on strike when their deal with studios ends on Wednesday, it will be the first time they and the writers have been out at the same time since 1960.
Hollywood Actors Extend Contract Talks at Deadline

Their union, SAG-AFTRA, and the major studios pushed the expiration date ahead to July 12 and will keep negotiating.