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The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists [1] (SAG-AFTRA, / s æ ɡ ˈ æ f t r ə /) is an American labor union formed in 2012 by the merger of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. It represents approximately 160,000 media professionals worldwide.
Negotiations between actors union SAG-AFTRA and the Hollywood studios hit a snag Wednesday, ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail.
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 ...
Facing staggering deficits, the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan announced in August that it will be raising premiums and earnings thresholds for coverage on Jan. 1 in order to stay afloat.
SAG-AFTRA says it is fighting for better pay and working conditions for actors and others in the entertainment industry. The union is also demanding contracts that address concerns about ...
While SAG-AFTRA still offered their session payment plan based on copies sold, the video game industry offered an up-front sliding-scale bonus based on how many sessions that actor performed for the game, starting at $50 for a single session and up to $950 for eight or more sessions.
In 1952, residual payments were extended to these television reruns, thanks in large part to Ronald Reagan, whose first term as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) ran from 1947 to 1952. [3] In 1953, the WGA negotiated residuals for up to five reruns for made-for-TV shows. [4] That said, film actors were still not paid residuals for reruns.
That’s when SAG-AFTRA returned, last Wednesday, with its proposal for the 57-cent-per-subscriber formula, which was intended to generate as much money as the 1% revenue share.