- by cnn
- 15 Aug 2024
Screen Actors Guild Fast Facts
Here's a look at the Screen Actors Guild. In 2012, a merger was completed between the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). The SAG-AFTRA labor union has more than 160,000 members.
June 30, 1933 - Articles of incorporation are filed. The guild is formed to get better working conditions for actors.
1935 - Granted an American Federation of Labor charter.
May 1937 - In order to prevent a strike, producers sign a contract with the guild ensuring minimum pay and recognizing the guild.
1943 - Actress Olivia de Havilland sues Warner Brothers studio for extending her contract. She later wins her case.
1945 - The US Supreme Court hands down the "de Havilland decision," which declares that studios may no longer hold contract players for more than seven years. This breaks up the system of the studio maintaining control over an actor's career.
1952 - The Guild signs its first contracts for filmed television programs.
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