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Sharon Stone says she lost her SAG-AFTRA health insurance during the pandemic because she fell $13 short of qualifying. "As actors, you know, things have not been going well for us," she said in a video promoting her candidacy for a seat on the union's national board of directors (watch it above). "I don’t think you…

Candidates from SAG-AFTRA's rival factions – Unite for Strength and Membership First – have staked out their positions as they vie for control of the union in its upcoming elections. Candidates from the ruling Unite for Strength camp – led by Fran Drescher and Anthony Rapp – say in their official campaign statements…

Fresh off her historic Daytime Emmy win, actress Jodi Long is running for president of SAG-AFTRA's Los Angeles Local to succeed Patricia Richardson, who is not seeking re-election. Long, a longtime national and L.A. Local board member who's running on the opposition party's Membership First slate, will be facing off…

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…

More than 130 actresses and #MeToo activists have signed a statement in support of SAG-AFTRA presidential candidate Matthew Modine in the wake of a joke he made at Thursday night's town hall meeting of the union's three leading presidential candidates. "We deplore the politics of personal destruction" that have been…

Membership First, the "loyal opposition" at SAG-AFTRA, has unveiled its slate of candidates in the upcoming elections. Patricia Richardson is running for president of the guild's Los Angeles local, and Frances Fisher and David Jolliffe are vying for two local vice president slots. As previously reported, Matthew Modine…

Gabrielle Carteris has been re-elected president of SAG-AFTRA in a contentious race to lead the 140,000-member performers union. Her slate of Unite for Strength running mates also made narrow gains but further solidified their control of the national board and the union's Los Angeles local, of which Jane Austin was…

Although the recent SAG-AFTRA election might suggest that the guild's two bickering factions will be sharing power over the next two years, the balance of power actually remains unchanged. The real power at the guild is held by David White, the union's national executive director. The national board of directors has…

UPDATED with details and reactions: As expected, Ken Howard has been re-elected President of SAG-AFTRA, defeating challenger Patricia Richardson. But in a big surprise, his Unite for Strength running mate Jenny O'Hara was beaten in the race for Secretary-Treasurer by Richardson’s Membership First running mate Jane…

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA presidential candidate Patricia Richardson is calling for sweeping changes in the way the union does its business and deals with its diverse membership, vowing to heal the infighting and to take the fight to the producers for better wages and working conditions. Perhaps just as important, she's…

Saying that "it's time for a change," Patricia Richardson today announced her Membership First slate of running mates in the upcoming SAG-AFTRA election. Richardson, best known for her starring role on Home Improvement, announced last month that she is running against Ken Howard for President. Her running mate is…

UPDATE, 7:45PM: EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA Executive Director David White may be a candidate to head up the NBA players union, but he's still got a big supporter in the head of the Hollywood union. “Just as it was with their opposition to merger, MembershipFirst remains out of touch with members," SAG-AFTRA president Ken How…