List of Hollywood strikes
This list of Hollywood strikes names the industrial strikes organized by Hollywood trade unions such as SAG-AFTRA—formerly the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists —the Writers Guild of America, and the Directors Guild of America. Demands for better compensation—especially residuals—have been a major goal of the strikes.
- 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, 14 weeks, Nov 2007 – Feb 2008
- 2000 Commercial actors strike, nearly six months
- 1988 Writers Guild of America strike, 22 weeks
- 1987 Directors strike, 3 hours and 5 minutes
- 1985 Writers strike, two weeks
- 1981 Writers Guild of America strike, three months
- 1980 Actors strike, three months
- 1973 Writers Guild of America screenwriters strike, three and a half months
- 1960 Writers Guild of America strike, 21 weeks
- 1960 Actors strike, led by SAG President Ronald Reagan, six weeks
- 1952 Actors strike, two and a half months
- 1945 Set decorators Hollywood Black Friday strike, six months
- 1942–44 musicians' strike, thirteen months plus
- 1941 Disney animators' strike, four months
