A year after the Fleischer victory, the Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers Union chartered the Screen Cartoon (later Screen Cartoonists) Guild, Local 852. The Guild allied with the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU), a group that vied with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes (IATSE) for control of film workers in Hollywood.

Under the leadership of Herbert Sorrell (with megaphone, left), the Guild organized and signed contracts with MGM, Walter Lantz and Screen Gems in 1941.

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The 1930's

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The Screen Cartoonists Guild

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The "Looney Tune lockout"

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The Disney strike, 1941

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"The Battle of Warner Bros."

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Terrytoons, 1947

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Local 839 is formed

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The "Runaway Wars"

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The Second Golden Age

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