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The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA, pronounced / s æ ɡ ˈ æ f t r ə / sag-AF-trə) is an American labor union that reflects the 2012 merger of SAG (the Screen Actors Guild) and AFTRA (the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists). It represents approximately 160,000 media ...
The Screen Actors Guild ( SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to merge with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to create SAG-AFTRA.
When the deal was announced on October 23, 2000, it included preserving the pay-per-play model in Class A Network commercials and grew cable payments to performers by 140%. A reported 41% gain in performers' commercial earnings from 2000 to 2005, for a gross of $750 million, was reported by Gary Epp, a member of the SAG negotiating team.
SAG-AFTRA members have overwhelmingly ratified this year’s commercials contracts, with 92.25% of the organization voting in favor of the deal. The agreement’s provisions reflect changes in the ...
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories increased by 200,000 barrels last week, bringing the ...
Members of SAG-AFTRA have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new commercials contract. The union said the new three-year pact was approved by a vote of 96.85% but didn’t say how many ballots were ...
It was broadcast simultaneously by TNT and TBS, which collectively gained 5.2 million viewers, leading the two networks to sign a three-year television contract with SAG-AFTRA. The nominees were announced on December 12, 2012. Dick Van Dyke was announced as the 2012 SAG Life Achievement Award honoree on August 21, 2012.
With five days to go, SAG-AFTRA is stepping up its efforts to prepare for going on strike even as contract negotiations with Hollywood’s major studios intensify. On Thursday, SAG-AFTRA ...