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Ben Whitehair, a staunch supporter of SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher, has been elected executive vice president of the union at its fifth biennial convention. He succeeds Rebecca Damon in the post, which is the union's second-highest elected position. Whitehair, whose credits include Better Call Saul and Z Nation…

SAG-AFTRA will hold its biennial convention this weekend, where delegates will help map out the union's priorities for the coming years. The virtual convention begins Saturday with the election of the union's second-ranking officer – executive vice president – and seven other vice presidents representing SAG-AFTRA's…

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA's national election committee has dismissed a plethora of post-election protests that were filed by the losing candidates and their supporters in the union's recent election in which Fran Drescher, running on the ruling party's Unite for Strength (UFS) slate, was elected president, and Joely…

In the wake of IATSE's historic strike authorization vote, SAG-AFTRA leaders are calling on Hollywood’s employers to hear the complaints of their workers and adopt “a more conscious capitalism.” “The results of the IATSE strike authorization vote are a resounding call for fairness, dignity and respect on the job,&#8221…

SAG-AFTRA and National Public Radio have agreed on a new nationwide contract covering 521 NPR employees including hosts, correspondents, newscasters, reporters, announcers, editors, producers, research, archive and data strategists, and news app developers and designers. Members approved the contract Thursday by a…

SAG-AFTRA and a coalition of music artist groups have submitted public comments to the Federal Trade Commission asserting that "onerous" contract and employment terms are "rampant" in the entertainment, recording and news industries. These "unconscionable" contracts, they say, not only "harm fair competition and…

After Deadline broke the news Monday that CAA said was acquiring ICM Partners in the first major Hollywood agency tie-up since the WMA-Endeavor deal in 2009, the bombshell news has began sinking in around the industry. One sector that will be interested are the Hollywood unions, and SAG-AFTRA became the first to react…

UPDATED with WGA West Statement: Hollywood’s unions have issued a statement of support for IATSE in its efforts to reach a new film and TV contract with management’s AMPTP, saying that they “stand in solidarity” with IATSE as it prepares to conduct a strike authorization among its members. The statement was signed by…

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher has joined the chorus of actors voicing their support for IATSE's demands for a fair contract as IATSE prepares to take a strike-authorization vote. "Standing in #solidarity w/my on-set friends & colleagues in @IATSE," she tweeted Wednesday. "Entertainment content only happens bc our…

SAG-AFTRA has filed an NLRB complaint against the producers of the TV and theatrical productions of Warner Bros.' DC Universe that seeks compensation for the reuse of clips from their shows on DC Daily, Warner Bros. Television's short-lived web series that featured in-depth looks at the DC Universe. The union, which…

UPDATED with quotes from SAG-AFTRA: SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee of the advertising industry have agreed, for the first time, to allow commercial producers to mandate Covid vaccinations on commercial shoots and auditions. The new guidelines are an addendum to their existing Covid safety protocols and are…

Charles Rivkin, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association, has congratulated Fran Drescher on her election as president of SAG-AFTRA. "The last year and a half have demonstrated yet again how much we can get done as an industry when we work collaboratively together," he said in a statement, "and I know that…