WGA Aims to Turn Focus to Studios, While Staff Remains on Strike

The Writers Guild of America issued its opening salvo the 2026 studio negotiations on Thursday, even as its own staff continues to walk a picket line outside union headquarters.

The union is preparing to sit down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on March 16. In a bulletin to members on Thursday, WGA leadership offered an update on the “state of the industry,” arguing that profits are rebounding and studios can afford to make a “fair deal.”

“Every three years during Mba negotiations, the companies will point to some part of their business that is not performing well to…