WGA

The WGA stands for the Writers Guild of America, a labor union that represents the television, radio and film writers in the United States. The WGA has two divisions: Writers Guild of America, West and Writers Guild of America, East. The two entities work in conjunction with each other and were founded in 1921 and 1951 respectively.

1. Headquarters: Los Angeles, California
2. Members: 7,641 as of 2006
3. Started by a group of 10 screenwriters in 1921
4. 1988 WGA Strike over residuals had a lasting effect on the major networks, as viewers turned to cable and video rentals
5. President: Patric Verrone

• 1933: Screen Actors Guild opens offices in Hollywood
• 1951: Collective organization starts among writers in television
• 1973: Strike results in a writers health fund
• 1988: Longest strike in WGA history, entertainment industry losses millions

1. Headquarters: New York City
2. Members: 3,770 as of 2006
3. Started as Authors' League of America in 1912
4. President: Michael Winship

• 1933: Screen Writers Guild, Hollywood, became affiliated with the Authors League of America
• 1951: Divorce between the Authors League and writers in various other fields creats the WGA, East
• 1989: The Writers Guild of America, East becomes affiliated with the AFL-CIO

• WGA.org: Pencils Down Means Pencils Down

• United Hollywood: Negotiations Continue, Meeting this Weekend (February 4, 2008)

• Weblogs: Variety's WGA Strike Blog

• YouTube: wgaamerica's Channel (Time: 02:01)

• Blogspot: The Writers' Guild Blog

• NPR.org: Woke Up This Morning and Found...

• Technorati: Michael Winship Blogs

• United Hollywood: Hope and Strategy: How to Handle the Rest of This Week (February 5, 2008)

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