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The Writers Guilds of America (WGA), West and East, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) have announced that formal negotiations for a new contract will begin Monday, March 13.
The current Minimum Basic Agreement between the two organizations is set to expire on May 1.
Also Read: WGA East to Honor Veteran Comedy Writer Steve O'Donnell
Contract negotiations between WGA and AMPTP in 2010 and 2013 were concluded without a strike; WGA last went on strike for 100 days in 2007 and 2008.
SAG Awards 2017: Red Carpet Arrivals (Photos)
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Television and film actors and TV personalities attend the annual awards ceremony
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Meryl Streep
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"Scandal" actress Kerry Washington
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Nicole Kidman
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Emma Stone
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"Westworld" actress Thandie Newton
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"Modern Family" actress Sofia Vergara
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Michelle Williams
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Salma Hayek
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Bryce Dallas Howard
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Amy Adams
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"Westworld" actress Evan Rachel Wood
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"How To Get Away With Murder" actress Viola Davis
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"Downton Abbey" actress Michelle Dockery
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Emily Blunt and John Krasinski
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"Empire" actress Taraji P. Henson
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Kate Hudson
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"Orange is the New Black" actress Taylor Schilling
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Brie Larson and Alex Greenwald
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"Veep" actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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"The Crown" actress Claire Foy
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"The Big Bang Theory" actress Kaley Cuoco
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"Game of Thrones" actress Maisie Williams
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"Modern Family" actress Julie Bowen
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"Orange is the New Black" star Taryn Manning
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"Hidden Figures" actress Octavia Spencer
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Felicity Huffman ("American Crime") and husband William H. Macy ("Shameless")
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"Jackie" star Natalie Portman and husband Benjamin Millepied
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"Westworld" actress Angela Sarafyan
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"Black-ish" star Laurence Fishburne
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"Stranger Things" actress Millie Bobby Brown
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"Black-ish" star Yara Shahidi
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TV personality Giuliana Rancic
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"Grey's Anatomy" star Jason George
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"Orange is the New Black" star Jolene Purdy
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Actors Ryan Michelle Bathe and husband, "This is Us" star Sterling K. Brown
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"Veep" actress Anna Chlumsky
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"Hidden Figures" star Glen Powell
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"Stranger Things" star Finn Wolfhard
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"Stranger Things" actor Gaten Matarazzo
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"Stranger Things" star Caleb McLaughlin
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"Orange is the New Black" actress Danielle Brooks
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"Mr. Robot" star Rami Malek
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"Togetherness" actress Amanda Peet
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Uzo Aduba ("Orange is thr New Blacl") and Gina Rodriguez ("Jane the Virgin")
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"Modern Family" star Jesse Tyler Ferguson
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"Orange is the New Black" actress Jackie Cruz
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"Game of Thrones" star Peter Dinklage
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SAG Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Lily Tomlin
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Chrissy Teigen and husband John Legend
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"Game of Thrones" actor Michiel Huisman
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"Captain Fantastic" actress Annalise Basso
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"Chicago P.D." actress Sophia Bush
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"Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins and its star, Mahershala Ali
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"Lion" actor Dev Patel
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"Westworld" actor James Marsden
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"Game of Thrones" star Gwendoline Christie
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"Transparent" actress Judith Light
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"Black-ish" star Anthony Anderson and his wife, Alvina
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"Westworld" actress Talulah Riley
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"The Big Bang Theory" star Mayim Bialik
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"Angie Tribeca" star Rashida Jones
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"Moonlight" star Naomie Harris
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"Modern Family" actress Ariel Winter
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"Orange is the New Black" actress Dascha Polanco
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"Orange is the New Black" actress Lea DeLaria
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"Transparent" actress Amy Landecker has an awkward moment of the red carpet
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"Billions" actress Maggie Siff
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"The Librarians" star Rebecca Romijn and her husband Jerry O'Connell of "Scream Queens"
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"The Big Bang Theory" actress Melissa Rauch
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Actress Missi Pyle
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"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" star Tituss Burgess
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"Stranger Things" star Noah Schnapp
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"Stranger Things" actresses Natalia Dyer and Shannon Purser
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"Modern Family" star Nolan Gould
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"Fences" actress Saniyya Sidney
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"Hacksaw Ridge" actress Teresa Palmer and actor Mark Webber
See what this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees and guests are wearing as they arrive at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium
Television and film actors and TV personalities attend the annual awards ceremony
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