Sesame Street writers voted to strike if a new deal isn’t reached Friday. They plan to picket outside the company’s Upper West Side office next week.

"Millions of parents and families around the world are going to have a lot of questions,” a union leader said.

The writers at the Sesame Workshop have decided to go on strike. In an X post, the Writers Guild of America East wrote, "The

All 35 of Sesame Street 's writers authorised a strike in a vote held by the Writers Guild of America (WGA), without a single one abstaining. Negotiations between the writers' union and Sesame Street 's management have been ongoing since Feb. 13, as their current contract is set to expire on Apr. 19. Unfortunately, they've reached an impasse.

Picketing will begin outside Sesame Workshop’s offices in Manhattan on 24 April should an agreement not be reached by this Friday.

Writers for Sesame Workshop, the producer of children’s TV show Sesame Street, have unanimously voted to support a strike if a fair contract is not

If no agreement is reached by Friday (April 19), when the current contract expires, the scribes are prepared to stop their work, affecting all Sesame Street productions. Contract negotiations began on February 13,