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UPDATED with more details: SAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP for a new film and TV contract. The two sides began bargaining via video teleconference on April 27. Their current contract had been set to expire on June 30. Read details of the deal below. The new pact, which the union says will…

Leaders of SAG-AFTRA and IATSE hosted a virtual town hall meeting today Tuesday with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) to discuss the impact of coronavirus on the entertainment industry and their efforts to get the industry back to work. The main thrust of the meeting was to explain the need for new legislation to close the…

EXCLUSIVE: As national executive director of SAG-AFTRA, David White likely figured the top priority this year was landing a new deal with studios. That seems a long time ago. White was at ground-zero not only when the coronavirus pandemic shut Hollywood down but well before that. He saw the potential when the virus…

SAG-AFTRA national executive director David White has condemned a social media post that he described as a "threat" against Gabrielle Carteris, the union's recently re-elected president. "It has come to our attention that elected leaders have been threatened," he said in an email to the guild's board of directors…

SAG-AFTRA's national board has unanimously approved a new set of commercials contracts, which union leaders are calling a "landmark" agreement "and a monumental advance in expanding our jurisdiction." The deal, which reached on April 2 with the ad industry’s Joint Policy Committee, will now go to the union's members…

SAG-AFTRA is backing a bill in the California Legislature that would allow actors to sue producers who use technology to sexualize their scenes without their permission. Senate Bill 564 also would give Californians the right to sue anyone who creates "deepfake" pornography or fake sex tapes. "Now is the time to…

Chantal Cousineau, one of the leaders of the #MeToo Movement, says she hasn't had a single day of work as an actress since she became the first of hundreds of women to accuse director James Toback of sexual harassment and assault back in October 2017, shortly after the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke. "I haven't worked…

SAG-AFTRA's national board of directors has approved the union's proposals for a new commercials contract, the negotiations for which are set to begin February 20. The current contract, which expires on March 31, generates more than $1 billion a year for for its members, but those numbers have been in decline in…

David White, SAG-AFTRA's national executive director, met Tuesday night with some 80 stunt performers to hear their concerns about safety, pensions and contract issues. Stuntwoman Jane Austin, who's the union's national secretary-treasurer and president of its Los Angeles local, also attended the meeting, which was…

UPDATED with additional information: Susan Watanabe, social activist, writer and wife of SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director David White, died August 26 from brain cancer. She was 49. Watanabe was a writer on TV series in the early 2000s including Girlfriends and One On One. She was also well known for her support…

SAG-AFTRA recently was ripped off to the tune of nearly $23,000, according its latest financial report filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. "The union incurred a loss of $22,910.64 as a result of business email compromise," the guild said in its annual LM-2 filing for the 12-month reporting period ending April…

SAG-AFTRA is developing a Code of Conduct to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace – and at auditions, wrap parties, film festivals and anywhere else performers gather to find jobs or promote and celebrate their work. An email sent today to the union's board members said the code "will provide clear safety…