Writers Guild of America
The Writers Guild of America is the joint efforts of two different US labor unions representing TV and film writers:
- The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), headquartered in New York City and affiliated with the AFL–CIO
- The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW), headquartered in Los Angeles.
Common activities
The WGAE and WGAW negotiate contracts in unison as well as launch strike actions simultaneously:ded
- 1960 Writers Guild of America strike
- 1981 Writers Guild of America strike
- 1985 Writers Guild of America strike
- 1988 Writers Guild of America strike
- 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike
- Effect of the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike on television, a list of television shows affected by the strike
Although each Guild runs independently, they perform some activities in parallel:
- Writers Guild of America Awards, an annual awards show with simultaneous presentations on each coast
- WGA screenwriting credit system, determines how writers' names are listed during the credits
- WGA script registration service, online services to prove when scripts were written and by whom
- International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG), both Guilds belong to this international labor federation
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