TheWGAhas called on its members to save television and feature writing as its strike authorization vote opens.

Voting begins this evening at 8:30pm and continues through Monday April 17 at noon.

The last time that the WGA held a strike authorization vote in 2017, it received 96% support.

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The WGA informed the AMPTP that they couldnt make it until Friday April 14.

While thats happening there are a number of SAV meetings planned this week.

There was a meeting at the Fairmont Century Plaza last night (Monday April 10).

WGA West building in Hollywood

These will be followed by two meetings on Zoom on Wednesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 13.

There has been near unanimous intention to back leadership with a strike authorization mandate.

Studio sources denied that they are proposing any rollbacks.