But the Screen Writers Guild held out for a royalty — a percentage of the gross, not a flat fee — and declared the first-ever writers strike. After three months, the writers accepted the ...

Actors and comedians Fred Armisen, left, Tina Fey, center, and latenight talk show host Seth Meyers, right, join striking members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket line during a rally ...

It wasn’t until 1920 that a group of screenwriters, angry over reductions in their wages, took to form the Screen Writers Guild, according to the Writers Guild Foundation website.

In mid-July, they were joined on the picket lines by the approximately 65,000 actors in the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, SAG-AFTRA, a move that has ...

While writers can resume penning scripts, the actors, represented by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, have to negotiate their own settlement.

Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild walk the picket line outside of Netflix in Hollywood, Calif. on Aug. 9, 2023.

1952: The Screen Writers Guild — a predecessor of the Writers Guild of America — and the Authors League of America strike against TV and film producers for 14 weeks.

The Hollywood labor battle could expand next week. The Screen Actors Guild is in the final hours of negotiations with Hollywood producers. If a deal is not reached by midnight Friday, at least ...

On April 6, the Annual Meeting of the Screen Writers’ Guild was held and John Howard Lawson was elected president. A Code of Working Rules and a new Constitution began to be written.

The Screen Writers Guild of Israel is shocked and appalled by the lack of courage from its fellow American guilds to take a clear stand on the events of Oct. 7.

In mid-April, the Writers Guild of America (the modern successor to the Screen Writers Guild) voted to authorize a strike, with a decisive 97.85 per cent in favor.

The sci-fi smash “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won the original-screenplay trophy at the Writers Guild Awards on Sunday night, completing a thorough sweep of the top prizes from ...