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“Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists today announced that the Joint AFTRA and SAG Non-Broadcast/Industrials Negotiating Committee have reached a tentative agreement with industry representatives on terms for three-year successor agreements to the SAG Industrial and Educational Contract and the AFTRA National Code of Fair Practice for Non Broadcast/Industrial/Educational [...]

“Marcia Smith, executive director of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation since 1995, has resigned. Replacing Smith on an interim basis is Sallie Weaver, formerly SAG’s deputy national executive director of contracts. More recently, Weaver formed Entertainment Labor Consulting and before that was a consultant at Entertainment Strategies Group, which was formed by David White before [...]

Melissa Leo, a character actress who has appeared in dozens of movies of television shows, is just now getting recognized for her role of Alice Ward in The Fighter.  At the SAG awards this past sunday, she called for SAG and AFTRA to combine forces, during her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress. Leo said [...]

Steps are being taken to build a framework in which to create a new successor union combining members of AFTRA and SAG.  A motion has been passed, allocating up to 70k additional funding to the SAG-AFTRA Task Force.  What do you think?  Are you happy with the way things are?  Do you think having one [...]

AFTRA and AFL-CIO have declared Kris Lamans Productions LLC an unfair employer, and AFTRA members can no longer be employed under them.  Kris Lamans Productions produces “Icons USA” (A Musical Heritage USA), and has not paid actors for rehearsals or made the required contributions to the Health and Retirement Funds.  Read the whole story at [...]

AEA is presenting a seminar on paying taxes for actors, read about it below! There is no such thing as a dumb question Q & A With tax time looming, take this opportunity to ask a tax authority to clarify anything and everything about the mysterious and maddening world of taxes. Learn what is and [...]

Nick Wyman, the Actors’ Equity President, addressed the accidents that have plagued Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark on a Facebook post this past Saturday, January 1.  He says the fact that Chris Tierney’s injury is the fourth to occur in production is “frustrating and maddening.” Wyman acknowledges that people have been blaming the AEA for [...]

Many actors don’t have health insurance.  Health insurance is pricey, but could save you in the long run if you need to see a doctor or have an emergency. If you belong to AEA, you can be eligible for six months of health insurance if you have covered employment for 12 weeks of the past [...]

How do I join AEA? The most common way to become equity is to be cast in an equity show, where you will join the union during your employment. Another way is to sign up for the Equity Membership Candidate Program (EMC), where you work at participating equity theatres for at least 50 weeks. You [...]

This is your chance to be a part of it! You can join a nominating committee, and be an integral part of selecting the nominees  for the council positions.  The members of the nominating committee will be selected at the membership meeting on January 7, 2011. Want change?  This is also your opportunity to run [...]