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Unite for Strength, part of the ruling coalition of SAG-AFTRA, is calling for unity as thousands of performers and their family members face losing their health coverage next year due to a restructuring of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, which is projecting a $141 million deficit this year and $83 million next year. More…

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…

Unite for Strength, the ruling party of SAG-AFTRA, announced its slate of candidates today in the union's upcoming elections. Michelle Hurd, currently serving on the national board, will be running for president of the Los Angeles local; Clyde Kusatsu and Ellen Crawford will be running for vice president slots…

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…

SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard today called his opposition's sweeping agenda for change "empty promises" and "hollow rhetoric." In an email sent to the union's members, he said that the record of Membership First — the slate opposing his Unite for Strength candidates in next month’s election — "is one of conflict…

Unite for Strength today announced its slate of candidates for the upcoming SAG-AFTRA elections. Incumbent National President Ken Howard and his running mate Jenny O'Hara, who is running for Secretary-Treasurer, are being joined by Clyde Kusatsu, who is seeking re-election as National Vice President and as president…

Just under a week after SAG-AFTRA announced the candidates for its first election since last year’s merger, the Unite for Strength slate put out its list today. Current National co-President Ken Howard, who is running for the new solo top position, is LA-based UFS’ endorsed candidate in the election. Amy Aquino, who…

SAG-AFTRA tonight put out the full list for its first National election since last year's merger. With every single office in the national union in play, it is a big list. Partially because of that, SAG-AFTRA has not made clear affiliation to particular slates. In summary, the candidates for National President in…

SAG Unveils Candidate Lists For National Elections Los Angeles, (August 4, 2011) – Unite for Strength today announced that Screen Actors Guild President Ken Howard and Secretary Treasurer Amy Aquino will seek re-election as the Guild's top national officers. The group will also field a slate of 34 candidates to run…