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The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) was a performers' union that represented a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists (both royalty artists and background singers), promo and voice-over announcers and other performers in commercials, stunt persons and specialty ...
He was the lead negotiator during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. He heads the union's bilingual initiative, and co-hosts the podcast SAG-AFTRA en Español, [6] alongside Ana Carolina Grajales. [4] Crabtree-Ireland (second from right) with the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken (fifth from left), and other labor union leaders in Davos in 2024
James F. Sirmons plaque from AFTRA Health & Retirement Funds. In 1968, Sirmons was elected to the Board of Directors at AFTRA Health & Retirement Funds, and in 1970 was elected chairman, a position he held until 2001 when he finally resigned as chairman. He resigned the board in 2009. During his 48 year tenure he negotiated 61 contracts with AFTRA.
Image source: Getty Images. 1. How do you envision your retirement? This is the fun part of retirement planning: First you talk about when and where you want to retire, how you want to spend your ...
Shelby Scott (born Shelby Schuck; January 6, 1936 – June 1, 2022) was an American journalist and union leader who was a longtime reporter for WBZ-TV in Boston. She began her career in Seattle, where she was the city's first female newscaster.
SAG-AFTRA announced that 81% of eligible voters chose to unionize in a balloting process that began Feb 7 and lasted four weeks. [48] On July 12, 2018, SAG-AFTRA announced it had reached a first-ever tentative agreement with Telemundo Television Studios covering Spanish-language television performers, after fifteen months of negotiations.
SAG Awards Committee members JoBeth Williams, Daryl Anderson, Jason George, Woody Schultz, and Elizabeth McLaughlin are also back as producers for SAG-AFTRA, while Jeneine Doucette-White returns ...
Starting on May 19, 1980, [3] the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), two major labor unions representing actors in Hollywood, had been negotiating with representatives of film producers, film studios, and television networks (many represented by the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) [4] and including ...