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.

In 1933, the Screen Writers Guild decided to get serious and in April of that year the new Screen Writers Guild was formed with 173 charter members.

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.

Screenwriters Guild of Israel Calls Out Writers Guild for Silence Over Hamas Attack in Israel "It is a damn shame that a professional writers’ guild decides to withhold words,” the sister ...

Los Angeles — Hollywood scribes met with studio executives Friday for the first time since the Writer's Guild of America went on strike just over three months ago. The more than 11,000 film and ...

Sean Baker’s Anora, written by Baker, and Nickel Boys, written by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, took the top film prizes at the 77th annual Writers Guild Awards tonight, for Original Screenplay ...

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.

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.

Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse Actors will join screenwriters in a combined strike that will have huge consequences for Hollywood ...

When the Writers Guild of America was founded 90 years ago, as the Screen Writers Guild, it fought for rights that remain relevant today.

When the Writers Guild of America went on strike in May and many members of its screen actor sister union followed suit two months later, virtually all U.S. television shows and films halted ...

A history of Hollywood writers’ strikes Writers Guild of America members walk a picket line on Tuesday, the first day of their strike, in front of Paramount Studios in Hollywood.