The SCG was instrumental in the strike at Walt Disney Productions in 1941. Studio head Walt Disney fired Art Babbitt for being a member of the SCG, prompting more than 200 employees to go on strike. The strike resulted in half the studio's employees leaving for other studios, such as David Hilberman and John Hubley, who formed United Productions of America. Disney himself was left with a permanent distrust of pro-union employees, and blamed Babbitt among others for the strike.