Strikes
The WGAE and WGAW negotiate contracts in unison and also launch work stoppages simultaneously:
- 2007–2008 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.
- 1988 Writers Guild of America strike
- 1985 Writers Guild of America strike
- 1981 Writers Guild of America strike
- 1960 Writers Guild of America strike
Although each Guild runs independently, they do both perform some activities in parallel:
- Writers Guild of America Award, 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), an international labor federation both Guilds belong to.
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