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 20262026 Writers Guild Staff Union Strike days 2024–252024–2025 SAG-AFTRA video game voice actor strike days 20232023 SAG-AFTRA strike days (the longest general strike in the guild's history) 2023 2023 Writers Guild of America strike days 2016–172016–2017 SAG-AFTRA video game voice actor strike days 2007-082007–08 Writers Guild of America strike days 2000 2000 Commercial Actors strike days 1988 1988 Commercial Actors Strike days 19881988 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) 1986 1986 Actors Strike day 1985 1985 Writers Strike 14 days 1982 1982 animators' strike days 1981 1981 Writers Guild of America strike days 1980 1980 actors strike days 1978-79 1978-79 SAG and AFTRA Commercials Strike days 1973 1973 WGA Screenwriters Strike days 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) 1960 1960 Actors Strike days 1952 1952 Actors Strike days 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 1936 1936 Hollywood workers strike backed by American Federation of Labor against the use of US Army and Navy involvement in motion picture production
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See also List of strikes Residual (entertainment industry) Timeline of labor issues and events 2023 Hollywood labor disputes
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