The Writers Guild of America recently made history by striking, and bringing a halt to the production of television shows in Hollywood. The Writers Guild of America East and the Writers Guild of America West came together to gain rights in new media distribution of their work. [1] This article will look at this instance of a union strike and discuss the law surrounding union strikes in the United States.
The Writers Guilds were predated by the Authors League of America, which was founded in 1912. [2] This organization turned in the Screen Writers Guild in 1920. [3] The Guild organized in response to cuts being made by movie studios to reduce the pay of writers and actors during the Great Depression. [4] In 1954, after many disagreements by the different writers groups within the Guild, the factions of television, movie and radio writers came together to form the Writers … Read the rest