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The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to merge with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to create SAG-AFTRA.
Before the contract between actors and movie studios officially expired this week, SAG-AFTRA members had negotiated specific minimum rates for performers. For example, an actor who worked on a ...
Through November 16, 2016, the minimum pay rate for an under-five actor on a soap opera is $451 for a one-hour show, and $369 for a 1 ⁄ 2-hour show. By comparison, the minimum pay rate for a principal on a soap opera is $1,038 for a one-hour show, and $778 for a 1 ⁄ 2-hour show.
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 ...
What is SAG-AFTRA? The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists represents about 160,000 actors, broadcast journalists, announcers, hosts, stunt performers, and ...
The entertainment industry is heading for change as Hollywood actors join writers on the picket line. The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists — a labor ...
The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists [1] (SAG-AFTRA, / s æ ɡ ˈ æ f t r ə /) is an American labor union formed in 2012 by the merger of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. It represents approximately 160,000 media professionals worldwide.
SAG-AFTRA and the major studios remain at odds on a dizzying array of issues, as film and TV actors hit the picket lines Friday for the first time since 1980. According to sources on both sides ...