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The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) was a performers' union that represented a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists (both royalty artists and background singers), promo and voice-over announcers and other performers in commercials, stunt persons and specialty ...
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists [1] ( SAG-AFTRA, pronounced / sæɡˈæftrə / 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 ...
Before the contract between actors and movie studios officially expired this week, SAG-AFTRA members had negotiated specific minimum rates for performers. For example, an actor who worked on a ...
On productions outside of union jurisdiction, payment for background actors is at the discretion of the producers, and ranges from union-scale rates to "copy and credit" (i.e., no pay). Those producers who do not pay their actors may be in violation of state and federal laws about minimum wage for a job.
Members of SAG-AFTRA, the Hollywood actors union, ratified a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents major studios and streamers, the union said ...
The actors union secured a $120 million in streaming bonuses for members and forced Netflix and studios to open their black box of data. ... Streamers technically pay residuals, but they are much ...
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.
Actors union SAG-AFTRA revealed specifics of its deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television ... most writers’ minimum pay will immediately increase 5%, followed by a 4% increase in ...