Here Are All the WGA Strike Picket Locations and Times
Striking Hollywood writers will begin picketing studios in New York and Los Angeles on Tuesday.
The Writers Guild of America walked off the job Monday night in the entertainment industry’s first strike in 15 years, after the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to reach a deal.
Hollywood Writers Kick Off Strike by Calling for Reason: 'Even They Know That We're Right'
Patrick Somerville, creator of the HBO series “Station Eleven” and the Netflix show “Maniac,” was among a slew of Hollywood writers to weigh in late Monday after the Writers Guild of America went on strike, saying the union’s negotiating points firmly lined up with reason — and the studios knew it.
“We’re going to do this because our guild is strong enough to do it,” said Somerville, who had changed his Twitter ID to “Strikerick Somverville” in an apparent writerly flourish. “The ask is level-headed, and even they know that we’re right. Collective action is the one place they can’t win.”
WGA to Picket on Tuesday If No Deal Reached, Union Says in Memo to Members
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UPDATE 7:45 p.m. PT: In an email sent Monday night, the Writers Guild of America announced that there will not be an extension to the midnight deadline and that members will be asked to report to their assigned picket lines on Tuesday afternoon if a deal is not reached.
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