The WGA has been on strike since May 2nd 2023. One of the main focus points in the labor dispute is the residuals from streaming media; the WGA claims that AMPTP's share of such residuals has cut much of the writers' average incomes compared to a decade ago. Writers also wanted artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, to be used only as a tool that can help with research or facilitate script ideas and not as a tool to replace them.

The longest strike in WGA history was 154 days occurring in 1988 and if the current strike extended into 2024 it would last at least 244 days.