SAG-AFTRA
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| Full name | Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists |
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| Founded | March 30, 2012 |
| Members | 116,741 ("active" members)(2016) 80,440 (other members; withdrawn/suspended) (2014) |
| Affiliation | AAAA, AFL-CIO, IFJ, FIA |
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| Office location | 5757 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, California |
| Country | United States |
| Website | www |
Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) is an American labor union representing approximately 160,000 film and television principal and background performers, journalists, recording artists and radio personalities worldwide. The organization was formed on March 30, 2012, following the merger of the Screen Actors Guild (created in 1933) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (created in 1937 as American Federation of Radio Artists, becoming AFTRA in 1952 after merger with Television Authority). SAG-AFTRA is a member of the AFL–CIO, the largest federation of unions in the United States. The union has also come to represent voice actors and motion capture performers working the video game industry, which was highlighted in a labor strike against game developers and publishers in October 2016.
As of January 2013, Variety reported that the merger had proceeded with "few bumps", amid shows of good will on both sides. The stickiest remaining problem was reported to be the merger of the two pension funds, in part as a way of dealing with the issue of performers who paid into each plan, yet did not quite earn enough under either of the old plans to qualify for a pension.
The union is perceived as having two factions. The larger faction has focused on creating job opportunities for members. A second faction has criticized the current administration for being too quick and soft when it comes to negotiations with studios.
Ken Howard, first president of the merged union, died on March 23, 2016. He was succeeded as president by Gabrielle Carteris on April 9, 2016.
SAG-AFTRA has a diverse membership consisting of film and television performers, actors in radio, video games, and television, radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists (both royalty artists and background singers), performers in commercials in all forms of media, and actors working as stunt persons and specialty acts.
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