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Hollywood Braces for Long, Contentious Summer as Writers Strike
- Unions for actors and directors will also bargain with studios
- Negotiations between companies and creators could last months
Striking Writers Guild of America workers picket outside the Sunset Bronson Studios building in Los Angeles on May 2.
Photographer: Eric Thayer/Getty Images
The film and TV writers strike, which began Tuesday, could be just the start of a long summer of labor troubles in Hollywood.
Negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, a trade association that represents entertainment companies such as Walt Disney Co. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., broke down Monday night.