The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the generic term of two different American labor unions representing writers in film, television, radio, and online media:The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), headquartered in New York City and affiliated with the AFL–CIO
The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW), headquartered in Los Angeles.
A Writers Guild of America strike sign, 2007
The Los Angeles headquarters of the Writers Guild of America West
2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike
From November 5, 2007 to February 12, 2008, all 12,000 film and television screenwriters of the American labor unions Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) went on strike.
Striking WGA members at Fox Plaza, Los Angeles, on November 7, 2007
Writer-actor Jeff Garlin of Curb Your Enthusiasm (foreground, right) and others at a WGAW rally outside the Fox Studios in Los Angeles.
WGA West president and Futurama writer Patric Verrone speaks at a strike rally in Los Angeles.
Family Guy and American Dad! creator and actor Seth MacFarlane speaks at a WGAW rally in Los Angeles on November 9, 2007.