Guess it depends on the definition of the word "strike", eh?
Well going on strike against an industry is different than against a company. There are movie studios that aren’t in AMPTP, so technically they aren’t really striking against them. That’s where all these interim agreements are coming from, indie studios agreeing on a project by project basis to abide by the demands of the strike and thus get the go ahead. Technically since they aren’t in AMPTP they don’t even need the agreement, but they’re doing it just to make sure nobody is getting called a scab.
It’s really bad for the AMPTP studios because a lot of these indie studios have been eating their lunch already. A24 makes better money on their movies than the blockbusters, cause they make better movies. And now they’re going to be the only companies releasing product soon. Alex Cox is filming a movie in November, we might actually see him get a wide release for the first time in 30 years.