2026 Writers Guild Staff Union Strike
| 2026 Writers Guild Staff Union Strike | |||
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The official logo of the Writers Guild Staff Union | |||
| Date | 12:00, February 17, 2026 (−08:00); 29 days | ||
| Location | Guild Headquarters 7000 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048 Writers Guild Theater 135 South Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 | ||
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| Status | Ongoing | ||
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PNWSU At-Large President WGAW Executive Director | |||
On Tuesday, February 17, 2026, the Writers Guild Staff Union (WGSU), went on strike against their employer, the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW), itself a labor union representing screenwriters in their western jurisdiction of the United States.
The WGSU alleges unfair labor practices, including retaliatory termination, bad faith surface bargaining, and surveillance of union activity. While the staff of the WGSU are not writers, many writers who they represent have attended their picket line in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. The Writers Guild Staff Union is a local chapter of the Pacific Northwest Staff Union (PNWSU), which is an industrial union focusing on organizing the staff who work at labor unions.
This unprecedented labor action has led to substantial media coverage, and places the WGAW in the position of having to bargain the first WGSU collective bargaining agreement while quickly approaching renegotiations for the 2026 Minimum Basic Agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which are scheduled to begin on March 16. The strike has led to condemnation of the WGAW management by the Guild's membership, and the cancellation of the 2026 Writers Guild of America Awards.