I've received a number of e-mails asking me if I think there's going to be a Writers Guild strike this year and if so, what the heck is it about this time? What it's about is pretty much summed up in this article in Variety. Many studios are making a lot of money off content on streaming services and more of it needs to go to the folks who create that content.
This is not just an issue for writers but the way things usually work in this town is that the writers wind up being the first one into battle on matters that affect all the labor organizations. Anyway, that article is a good summary of the issues involved.
How likely is a strike? I'm not as involved with the Writers Guild as I used to be. I just pay my dues and support the leadership, which I believe is currently very good and very smart and very realistic…but even given that, I would tend to think a strike is very likely.