Former Screen Actors Guild president and SAG-AFTRA National Board Member Ed Asner released the following statement regarding the United Screen Artists Committee letter to SAG-AFTRA.
Statement by Ed Asner – June 27, 2017
Dear Member,
Your SAG-AFTRA negotiating team has been hard at work bargaining with the major studios and networks represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) for a new three-year contract covering motion pictures, television and new media. We had hoped to be sharing the good news that we had reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP but, unfortunately, their unwillingness to come to a fair and equitable agreement means we are coming to you with very different news.
June 25, 2017 — The SAG-AFTRA National Board of Directors today voted to release the independent investigatory report commissioned by the union to address accusations of staff wrongdoing made in press statements and written communications issued in April 2017 by a group calling itself United Screen Artists Committee.
The 22-page report by the respected accounting firm Bond Beebe was delivered to the board during its special meeting. The report refutes all allegations and exonerates all named staff and members of the false accusations in the USAC letter.
SAG-AFTRA members and staff kick off LGBT Pride Month by showing their support for equality and human rights on June 11. The union’s National LGBT Committee organized a team of more than 40 members who met in Hollywood to walk in solidarity for peace and civil rights for all.
Time is running out! The New York Assembly and New York Senate have UNTIL TOMORROW to vote on a post-mortem Right of Publicity bill to protect the thousands of professional performers who live and work in New York. To make sure your voice is heard, it is critical that you call today to support these bills and share our ad on social media with the hashtags #Jobs and #DigitalExploitation.
Dear Member,
One of SAG-AFTRA’s most important core principles is supporting music and the artists who create it.
And Congress has given us a chance to do just that. But we need your help.
In a joint statement issued today, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) announced they will commence negotiations on successor agreements to the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical contracts on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. The talks will take place at AMPTP headquarters in Sherman Oaks, Calif.
SAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative agreement with Uptown Productions that covers production of Nickelodeon exhibition programs. The new four-year agreement was reached on May 3 following negotiations that began on December 6, 2016 in Los Angeles.
Highlights of the contract include huge gains in the primary areas of:
