Actors lose out on health benefits as SAG, AFTRA maintain separate plans By Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times May 14, 2010 | 7:10 p.m. Fred Ochs’ second career as an actor took off last year. The 62-year-old former software engineer landed gigs on nine TV shows, playing the singing policeman in the crime series “The [...]
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Actors lose out on health benefits as SAG, AFTRA maintain separate plans
May 16th, 2010 · ?> · Press
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SAG Beats Drum for Merger
May 7th, 2010 · ?> · Press
SAG Beats Drum for Merger By Daniel Holloway May 7, 2010 Last month, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists devoted two pages in its official magazine to a call for merger with the Screen Actors Guild. This week, SAG doubled that effort. The new issue of the guild’s Screen Actor magazine, mailed to [...]
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SAG’s board makes peace with rival union
March 13th, 2010 · ?> · Press
SAG’s board makes peace with rival union March 13, 2010 | 12:19 pm Hollywood’s two actors unions have officially ended their two-year feud. The Screen Actors Guild board of directors voted Saturday by a ratio of 78% to 22% to revive a joint bargaining agreement with its smaller rival, the American Federation of Television and [...]
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SAG approves joint-bargaining with AFTRA
March 13th, 2010 · ?> · Press
SAG approves joint-bargaining with AFTRA March 13, 2010 – 12:03 pm By Jay A. Fernandez Labor is one step closer to harmony. The Screen Actors Guild’s national board today approved a joint negotiating agreement with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. The vote was strongly in favor of re-merging for preliminary talks with [...]
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Actors unions move toward joint bargaining agreement
February 27th, 2010 · ?> · Press
Actors unions move toward joint bargaining agreement February 27, 2010 | 5:45 pm Richard Verrier Hollywood’s two quarrelsome actors unions took a big step toward ending their blood feud and presenting a united front in upcoming contract negotiations with the studios. The board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, which represents more [...]
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