Writers Guild of America, East

Writers Guild of America, East
AbbreviationWGAE
PredecessorScreen Writers Guild
Founded1951 (1951)
Headquarters250 Hudson Street,
New York City, New York, U.S.
Location
  • United States
Members (2019)
5,116
President
Lisa Takeuchi Cullen
Vice President
Erica Saleh
AffiliationsAFL–CIO, IAWG
Websitewww.wgaeast.org
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The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) is a labor union representing writers in film, television, radio, news, and online media.

The WGAE and the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW), though independent entities, jointly brand themselves together as the Writers Guild of America (WGA), and cooperate on activities such as launching coordinated strike actions and administering the Writers Guild of America Awards. The WGAE is an affiliate of the AFL–CIO and the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds.

  1. ^ US Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards. File number 000-298. Report submitted July 1, 2019.