The Washington-Mid Atlantic Local represents members in our nation’s capital, as well as across North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.

 

As both a film hub and the nation’s political media epicenter, our members work under a wide variety of SAG-AFTRA contracts. And, with the overwhelming number of national landmarks across our region, including Washington D.C. itself, Jamestown, Williamsburg, presidential estates and Civil War landmarks, our local resources keep productions returning again and again.

With a deep and experienced talent pool, including Emmy-award winning CSA casting directors and a top notch crew base, we’re home to numerous feature film and television series productions. And as home to the U.S. Government, large corporations, numerous universities, as well as the political media consulting industry, our members work a variety of contracts.

In addition to entertainment employment opportunities, our local negotiates and administers over 35 broadcast collective bargaining agreements for radio and television station units. The Washington-Mid Atlantic Local is one of the largest broadcast locals in the country.

Washington-Mid Atlantic Local delegates and staff at the virtual SAG-AFTRA 2024 Special Convention.

No one was feeling crabby at the Crooked Crab in Maryland as Washington-Mid Atlantic Local members gathered together on Feb. 24, 2024, to celebrate the fine work done over the past year.

On Aug. 12, 2024, Washington-Mid Atlantic Local members, union kith and kin, and community supporters gather at Thalian Hall in Wilmington, North Carolina, to rally in support of a fair contract.

On July 14, 2024, Washington-Mid Atlantic Local members gather in solidarity at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on the first day of the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical strike.

Washington-Mid Atlantic Local members gather on Aug. 3, 2023, at the Amazon HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia, to spread the word about protections for performers.

Washington-Mid Atlantic members and our union siblings gather at IATSE Local 487 in Baltimore to join together with speeches and songs of support and solidarity on Aug. 15, 2023.

In May 2023, Washington-Mid Atlantic members met at the U.S. Navy Memorial Plaza in Washington, D.C., to stand with our union siblings in the WGA.

Hot Labor Summer at the House of Labor! On July 20, 2023, Washington-Mid Atlantic members gather at the AFL-CIO building to rally in support of a fair contract.

SAG-AFTRA Washington-Mid Atlantic Local broadcast members, from left, Al Jazeera English Producer Anar Virji; 7 News D.C. Reporter Joy Wang; and NPR Senior Producer, Education Lauren Migaki participate on a panel at the Asian American Journalists Association Conference in June 2023.

On Feb. 22, 2023, members of the Maryland Film community, including Washington-Mid Atlantic members, joined together at the Maryland State Capitol to speak in support of the film incentive.

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Bethesda , Maryland 20814
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