More than half UK’s film and TV workers still unemployed after Hollywood strikes
Bectu survey shows just 6% of workers have seen a full recovery in employment a year on from joint industrial action by Sag-Aftra and the Writers Guild of America
May 2024
‘It felt like a historic moment’: the Hollywood strikes one year on
Last summer’s strikes, as writers and actors took on the studios, led to historic change – but how is the industry faring now?
December 2023
Sag-Aftra union ratifies strike-ending contract with Hollywood studios
Nearly a month after agreement, 78% of union’s 160,000 members sign off on deal, marking end of a challenging period in Hollywood
The actors’ strike is all but over. What do we know about the deal?
From Deadpool 3 to Wonka: how does the end of the actors’ strike affect Hollywood?
Hollywood stars hail actors’ union’s tentative deal with studios to end strike
The actors’ strike may be over, but Hollywood is still in trouble
Peter Bradshaw
October 2023
‘We want to be at work’: working actors struggle with bills but vow to fight on
Leaked quote during writers’ strike alluded to studios’ strategy of draining strikers’ resources. Actors say they won’t bow to pressure
‘They just have to be fair’: will the actors’ strike finally come to an end?
After over 100 days on strike, with actors out of work and studios refusing to budge, the industry is waiting for a vital update
Some Halloween costumes could break strike rules, US actors’ union warns members
Talks between striking Hollywood actors and studios break down
One more wafer-thin episode? No, I couldn’t … Alright, just one then
Barbara Ellen
September 2023
The writers’ strikes aren’t just about Hollywood – British workers like me are now out of work
Elise Tyson
The film and TV industry has always relied on financial precarity for the people who make it tick. It only takes one shock to put freelancers into hardship, says film-maker Elise Tyson
Drew Barrymore was America’s sweetheart – but her baffling video was a terrible misstep
Arwa Mahdawi
Her decision to continue her talkshow amid the writers’ strike received such a backlash that she reversed it. But the holes in her ‘apology’ had already been laid bare, writes Arwa Mahdawi
‘Studios are like ghost towns’: how Britain’s TV and film industry fell into a hole
Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
The week in audio: Strike Force Five; British Scandal; Intrigue: The Immortals – reviews
Vanishing act: what happens when stars don’t show up for the red carpet?
August 2023
Venice film festival: T-shirts replace red carpet glitz as striking stars lie low
‘We knew we would face insults’: Venice film festival’s Alberto Barbera on including Polanski and Allen
