Editing Screen Actors Guild (section)

=== 1970s to 2012 ===
The Screen Actors Guild Ethnic Minorities Committee was co-founded in 1972 by actors [[Henry Darrow]], [[Edith Diaz]], [[Ricardo Montalbán]] and [[Carmen Zapata]].<ref name=thr>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actress-edith-diaz-dies-70-20403|date=February 8, 2010|title=Actress Edith Diaz dies at 70|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=June 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307024221/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actress-edith-diaz-dies-70-20403|archive-date=March 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Screen Actors Guild Women's Committee was founded in 1972.

In 1980, SAG and AFTRA [[1980 actors strike|held a strike]] over issues regarding profit sharing from home media and pay TV.

==== ''Marquez v. Screen Actors Guild'' ====
{{Main|Marquez v. Screen Actors Guild}}
In 1998, Naomi Marquez filed suit against SAG and Lakeside Productions claiming they had breached their duty of fair representation. The claim was denied by the Supreme Court.

==== Merger with AFTRA ====
{{Main|SAG-AFTRA}}
The membership of the Screen Actors Guild voted to merge with the [[American Federation of Television and Radio Artists]] on March 30, 2012.<ref name="merger press release"/>