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SAG, AFTRA Members Approve Merger to Form SAG-AFTRA
LOS ANGELES (March 30, 2012) — The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild are pleased to announce that members of both organizations have overwhelmingly voted to approve a merger, creating a new entity, SAG-AFTRA. SAG members voted 82 percent in favor of the merger. AFTRA members favored the merger with 86 percent, exceeding the 60 percent threshold needed for both unions’ membership for passage.
Join Us ONLINE Today for a SAG-AFTRA Announcement
MERGER RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT THIS FRIDAY
The results of the merger referendum by the members of SAG and AFTRA will be announced this Friday, March 30 at approximately 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET.
Please join us online at SAGAFTRA.org to view a livestream of the announcement by SAG National President Ken Howard and AFTRA National President Roberta Reardon.
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We Support -- AFTRA in its efforts to Organize Music Videos
LOS ANGELES (March 29, 2012) - Screen Actors Guild fully supports its sister union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, in its efforts to organize music videos. Music videos are an area of intense production, in which members must be adequately covered by union contracts.
AFTRA and representatives from Sony, UMG, Warner, EMI, Disney and subsidiaries did not reach an agreement in negotiations and on March 24 the AFTRA National Board of Directors authorized its Administrative Committee to issue a “do not work” order for music videos.
Judge Otero Denies Preliminary Injunction in Sheen v Screen Actors Guild
SAG and AFTRA Merger Ballots Will Be Counted March 30 as Scheduled
Los Angeles (March 28, 2012) – Federal Judge James Otero today denied the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction in Sheen v SAG clearing the way for Screen Actors Guild’s merger referendum ballot counting to go forward as scheduled on Friday, March 30.
Screen Actors Guild-Producers Pension and Health Plans (SAG-PPHP) Corrects Erroneous Reported Claims Regarding Federal Raids
The Screen Actors Guild - Producers Pension and Health Plans first priority is its fiduciary responsibility to its participants. The Plans have effectively operated to provide some of the most significant benefits to our participants to be found anywhere in the world. However, recent media accounts containing erroneous claims about Federal officials raiding documents from the Plans and investigations into alleged cover ups have created an environment of misinformation that we want to dispel with the following clarifications:
Make Sure You're Connected
Have questions about the proposed merger? Go to SAGAFTRA.org to get the facts, learn about the One Union process, watch videos from your peers, and much, much more.
New Digital Issue of THE HOLLYWOOD CALL SHEET Available Online
Check out the DIGITAL issue of THE HOLLYWOOD CALL SHEET for March 2012 here.
SAG Awards Deadline for SAG Nominating Committees is March 9
The 19th Annual SAG Awards nominating committees will be drawn on March 16. To be eligible for the random sample drawing, SAG members must pay their November 2011 dues by March 9, 2012.
