| SAG-AFTRA, Actors’ Equity Association Extend Pandemic Agreement | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 08:28 pm EST 12/21/21 | |
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| SAG-AFTRA, Actors' Equity Association Extend Pandemic Agreement LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK (Dec. 21, 2021) - Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and Actors' Equity Association today announced an extension to their 2020 agreement addressing the coverage of live theater that is recorded or streamed for exhibition to a remote audience. The two unions reached the agreement in November 2020, as a way to address the challenges of performing live theater during the coronavirus pandemic. It was originally set to expire at the end of the year, but the extension acknowledges the ongoing nature of the pandemic and sets June 30, 2022, as the new expiration date. About SAG-AFTRA SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org .. About ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION AEA, founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers. Equity endeavors to advance the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits (health and pension included). Member: AFL-CIO, FIA. actorsequity.org #EquityWorks |
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