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We Support -- AFTRA in its efforts to Organize Music Videos
LOS ANGELES (March 29, 2012) - Screen Actors Guild fully supports its sister union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, in its efforts to organize music videos. Music videos are an area of intense production, in which members must be adequately covered by union contracts.
AFTRA and representatives from Sony, UMG, Warner, EMI, Disney and subsidiaries did not reach an agreement in negotiations and on March 24 the AFTRA National Board of Directors authorized its Administrative Committee to issue a “do not work” order for music videos.
Judge Otero Denies Preliminary Injunction in Sheen v Screen Actors Guild
SAG and AFTRA Merger Ballots Will Be Counted March 30 as Scheduled
Los Angeles (March 28, 2012) – Federal Judge James Otero today denied the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction in Sheen v SAG clearing the way for Screen Actors Guild’s merger referendum ballot counting to go forward as scheduled on Friday, March 30.
Screen Actors Guild-Producers Pension and Health Plans (SAG-PPHP) Corrects Erroneous Reported Claims Regarding Federal Raids
The Screen Actors Guild - Producers Pension and Health Plans first priority is its fiduciary responsibility to its participants. The Plans have effectively operated to provide some of the most significant benefits to our participants to be found anywhere in the world. However, recent media accounts containing erroneous claims about Federal officials raiding documents from the Plans and investigations into alleged cover ups have created an environment of misinformation that we want to dispel with the following clarifications:
Make Sure You're Connected
Have questions about the proposed merger? Go to SAGAFTRA.org to get the facts, learn about the One Union process, watch videos from your peers, and much, much more.
Requesting a Replacement Ballot
Ballot Materials
Ballots were mailed on Monday, February 27, 2012 to all eligible voters of SAG and AFTRA. Ballots must be returned via mail and must be received at the assigned post office box in Everett, Washington no later than 10:00 a.m. (PDT) Friday, March 30th, 2012. Ballots received after this deadline, or at a location other than the post office box, will not be counted.
New Digital Issue of THE HOLLYWOOD CALL SHEET Available Online
Check out the DIGITAL issue of THE HOLLYWOOD CALL SHEET for March 2012 here.
SAG Awards Deadline for SAG Nominating Committees is March 9
The 19th Annual SAG Awards nominating committees will be drawn on March 16. To be eligible for the random sample drawing, SAG members must pay their November 2011 dues by March 9, 2012.
SAG and AFTRA Send Merger Ballots to Members
LOS ANGELES (February 28, 2012) - The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild on Monday sent out ballots to approximately 131,000 members of both organizations.
The mailer included full details of the proposed SAG-AFTRA merger, including the Merger Agreement and Constitution, which were overwhelmingly approved by both unions’ national boards in January, as well as a Pension & Health/Health & Retirement Feasibility Report.
