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SAG-AFTRA's national board, meeting on Saturday, has approved proposals for a new commercials contract. Negotiations with the Joint Policy Committee of the advertising industry are set to begin Feb. 15 in New York. The current contract expires March 31. Former SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris will chair the…

SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris on Friday weighed in on behalf of the actors union on Scarlett Johansson's lawsuit alleging that Disney violated her contract for her role in Black Widow. Johansson filed the lawsuit last week claiming that the studio breached her contract by releasing the Marvel movie Black…

Jobs and earnings for SAG-AFTRA members have "rebounded and reached a new high in the first months of 2021, with streaming and commercials showing significant growth," the union said Saturday night following an all-day meeting of its national board of directors. "We're very pleased that the Covid safety protocols that…

Gabrielle Carteris is not seeking re-election as president of SAG-AFTRA and has thrown her support behind Fran Drescher to succeed her in the union's election later this summer. The Nanny star also has the support of Unite for Strength, the union's ruling party that Carteris has led since becoming president in…

SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris has been elected president of the International Federation of Actors – the first American to ever hold the position. She was elected by delegates attending FIA's 22nd World Congress. Carteris succeeds Canadian actress Ferne Downey, who had been its president since 2012. Founded…

SAG-AFTRA has launched a new digital platform that will allow members and third-party witnesses to report incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace, which will also allow the union to track repeat offenders. During a press conference today, the union also unveiled new standards for the training, registration and…

In the wake of last week’s Stop the Hate summit, SAG-AFTRA's national board has approved a Diversity Action Plan that includes provisions for implicit bias training for its national and local board members. The plan also establishes diversity committees serving the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) and Latino…

A SAG-AFTRA panel of Asian-American actors and broadcasters expressed hope today that the recent rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans will continue to unify their communities and the nation against centuries-old discrimination and bigotry. SAG-AFTRA national vice president Clyde Kusatsu pointed out just how…

Emmy-winning broadcaster Joe Krebs has been named this year's recipient of SAG-AFTRA's President's Award, which honors meritorious service to the union's members and to the American labor movement. Krebs served as the president of AFTRA's Washington-Baltimore Local from 1997 to 2009 and was instrumental in the merger…

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA today is celebrating the ninth anniversary of the merger of SAG and AFTRA – two competing unions that came together in 2012 to work as one. In a wide-ranging Q&A conducted in advance of Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, guild president Gabrielle Carteris and national executive director David…

SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris today praised the "Herculean efforts" of the union's members, staff and elected leadership in keeping the film and TV industry "open and safe" over the past year of the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the annual membership meeting of the union’s Los Angles local, she said that the…

UPDATED with more quotes: The promises and threats that new technologies pose for workers in the entertainment industry were explored today at the third annual Labor Innovation & Technology Summit, hosted by SAG-AFTRA and the AFL-CIO. You can follow the daylong event above. "Within the entertainment industry, the…