How Long Was The Writers Strike 2025. Most writers’ minimum pay will increase 5% immediately, another 4% in may 2024 and then another 3.5% in may 2025. The agreement came just five days before the strike would have become the longest in the guild’s history and the longest hollywood strike more than 70 years.

On tuesday, more than 11,000 film and tv writers went on strike after contract negotiations between their union, the writers guild of america (wga), and the studios and. If the current writers strike lasts as long as either of the last two work stoppages, scribes might not return to work until august at the earliest and october at the latest.