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SAG-AFTRA Weighs Action After Alleged Election “Threat”
SAG-AFTRA's national board is weighing action on a convention resolution that condemned "recent threats of violence and use of violent imagery" during the union's latest elections.
Approved over the weekend, the resolution urged the board to "take whatever action it deems appropriate to address what has occurred and…
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SAG-AFTRA’s Fourth Biennial Convention Draws To A Close
SAG-AFTRA's national convention closed today with voting on resolutions and speeches from the 160,000-member union's top elected officials. The biennial conclave was a major show of support for SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, whose allies were elected by the delegates to all eight of the union's national vice…
Musicians Hold Noisy Protest Outside Disney Co-Chair Alan Bergman’s Home
Musicians demanding a fair film and TV contract took their complaints today to the home of Alan Bergman, co-chair of Walt Disney Studios.
Rolling up to his house in open-air tour vans, the musicians chanted” "Alan Bergman can't you hear? We will fight for our career." One of the protesters yelled through a bull horn…
SAG-AFTRA Signs Cooperative Pact With Mexico Performers Union
SAG-AFTRA and Mexico's performers union have signed what they're calling an "historic cooperative agreement" in which they've pledged to consider joint bargaining in areas of mutual interest. The agreement with the Asociación Nacional de Actores (ANDA) was announced today at SAG-AFTRA's biennial convention in Los…
WGA Seeks Dismissal Of Talent Agencies’ Antitrust Lawsuit
The WGA East and West have filed a motion to dismiss a consolidated antitrust lawsuit brought by three of Hollywood's biggest talent agencies – WME, CAA and UTA. That suit, which was filed in federal court in Los Angeles last month, alleges that "WGA leadership has engaged in an unprecedented abuse of union authority…
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SAG-AFTRA Convention Unanimously Approves Press Freedom Resolution Aimed At President Donald Trump
More than 400 delegates to SAG-AFTRA's biennial convention today unanimously passed a resolution in support of a “free and unencumbered press.” The resolution appears to be aimed directly at President Trump, who has called numerous news organizations – including CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC – "the enemy of the American…
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Clean Sweep For Gabrielle Carteris Allies In Eight SAG-AFTRA National VP Races
It was a clean sweep today for supporters of SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris at the union's biennial convention, where delegates elected eight of her allies to serve as the union’s national vice presidents. All eight are listed as supporters of hers on her Unite for Strength slate's website.
As reported here…
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Rebecca Damon Re-Elected SAG-AFTRA Executive Vice President
Rebecca Damon has been re-elected executive vice president of SAG-AFTRA by delegates to the union's fourth biennial convention in Los Angeles. A staunch supporter of SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, Damon is the union's second-highest elected official.
"I'm grateful for the national show of support for my…
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Association Of Talent Agents Calls Out WGA Over Demand That Agencies Turn Over Writers’ Contracts
The Association of Talent Agents is calling out the WGA on its demand that agents turn over their writer-clients' contracts and invoices to the guild.
"Agents have a fiduciary duty not to disclose a client's confidential financial information unless the client consents to the disclosure," the ATA said in a statement…
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WGA Makes Its Case For Requiring Agencies To Turn Over Writers’ Contracts and Invoices
As the WGA's ongoing battle with Hollywood's talent agents nears the end of its sixth month, the guild is making the case for one of its demands that's kept many mid-tier agencies from signing its new Code of Conduct.
That code, which went into effect on April 13 when the guild ordered all of its members to fire their…
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SAG-AFTRA’s Ruling Party Won’t Challenge L.A. Local’s Recent Election In Which It Was Soundly Defeated
Unite for Strength, SAG-AFTRA's ruling party, has decided not to challenge the Los Angeles local's recent election, even though it claims that the Membership First opposition party — which clobbered them in the L.A. races — "irrefutably violated" federal election law by allegedly accepting "illegal" campaign…
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SAG-AFTRA Members In New Orleans Claim “Biased Decision” Led To Re-Run Of Their Local’s Elections
Saying that "your vote counts, even if they make you do it twice," a group of SAG-AFTRA members in New Orleans say they will "embrace" the mandated re-run of their local's election even though they think the do-over is the result of a "biased decision."
"The decision to re-run the NOLA election is a biased decision…
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