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4As "Do Not Work" Notice: THE RIDE, "A new live entertainment experience taking place on the streets of New York."
Producer: The Ride NY, Jonathan P. Danforth, Director and President/CEO
AEA, AFTRA, AGMA, AGVA and SAG members are advised that Actors' Equity Association does NOT have a contract for this production.
AEA, AFTRA, AGMA, AGVA and SAG members may NOT accept employment in this production without an Equity contract.
Equity Franchised Agents are reminded that it is a violation of the Agency Regulations to submit Equity members for non-Equity work.
Actors and Ballplayers Give Labor Day Weekend Shout-Outs
Whether it was a drama at the multiplex or a baseball game at the stadium, millions of Americans spent their Labor Day weekend being entertained in some fashion.
Joint SAG and AFTRA National Board Approves Proposals for Primetime TV and Theatrical Negotiations
LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK (Sept. 12, 2010) – The Joint National Board of Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA, AFL-CIO) today met by videoconference plenary in Los Angeles and New York and approved a package of proposals for the upcoming Joint AFTRA Exhibit A and SAG TV/Theatrical Negotiations.
Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors Meets via Videoconference in Los Angeles and New York
SAG National Board Votes to:
Commence 2011 Industrial and Educational Contract Negotiation Process;
Delegate Bargaining Authority to Screen Actors Guild Basic Cable Negotiating Committees and Chief Negotiator; and
Explore Coordinated Bargaining of Live Action Basic Cable Programming with American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
SAG Labor Day Picnic Draws 500-Plus
The Hollywood Holiday Host Committee delivered another crowd-pleasing Labor Day Weekend picnic on September 4 at the Hollywood Bowl.
More than 500 Guild members and their guests joined to celebrate workers’ rights while enjoying a sunny Saturday out at the Camrose Picnic Area. As usual, it was a time to display union pride and for old friends to catch up, and for some to make new friends. National Executive Director David White and Los Angeles City Council Member Tom La Bonge joined Guild committee members and rank and file in saluting working actors.
September Flash! AFTRA National President Roberta Reardon talks about Labor Day and its tie to the New Union process
Happy Labor Day from AFTRA!
This weekend, AFTRA members celebrate the contributions working men and women have made to our economy and our society. Workplace safety, overtime pay, the eight-hour workday, weekends, holiday pay – these are just a few of the benefits organized labor established for all Americans.
September SAG Agent of the Month: Kathy Hardegree, Atlanta Models and Talent, Atlanta, Georgia
Ever since talent agencies were first allowed to be union franchised in the Southeastern United States, Atlanta Models and Talent has been there to represent union talent. And a continued advocate, on behalf of the union performer here in Georgia during most of that agency’s 50 years of doing business, is Ms. Kathy Hardegree. Ms. Hardegree knows show business. She has local institutional memory and historical wisdom about its operation and thoroughly understands the union contracts.
