SAG-AFTRA Cuts Workforce Again Due to Pandemic

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David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA has filed a jurisdictional complaint against Actors’ Equity in their ongoing dispute over the taping of live theatrical presentations. The union filed the complaint and a request for mediation with the Associated Actors and Artistes of America – commonly known as the 4As – through which both unions are affiliated with the AFL-CIO.

Dave McNary Film ReporterLeaders of SAG-AFTRA have taken the union’s bitter jurisdictional battle with Actors’ Equity to the AFL-CIO by filing a complaint and requesting a mediator.SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris and National Executive Director David White made the request Saturday in a letter to Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO.“It is with heavy hearts that we file a formal complaint and request for a mediator in our jurisdictional dispute,” Carteris and  White said in a message

Independent publisher Bronzeville Books has now joined the roster of SAG-AFTRA's signatory audiobook publishers, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively share. Thepublisher will produce covered audio recordings through its sister LLC, Bronzeville Pictures effective immediately, afteran agreement was facilitated bySAG National Board member and National 1st Vice President Anne-Marie Johnson.

David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA has developed a mobile app that will collect data on serial sexual abusers and allow members to report sexual harassment in the workplace.

Dave McNary Film ReporterOn the third anniversary of reports on the Harvey Weinstein sex scandal, SAG-AFTRA has unveiled new resources to help prevent sexual harassment and build safer working conditions for members.In a message Monday to the 160,000 members of the performers union, President Gabrielle Carteris and National Executive Director David White noted that the union has developed and released the definitive code of conduct to prevent harassment and assault in the industry; put a stop

David Robb Labor EditorThe usually fractious SAG-AFTRA national board of directors unanimously has approved a resolution reaffirming the union’s jurisdiction over the taping of live theater productions, accusing Actors’ Equity Association of taking part in a “surreptitious campaign to encroach upon SAG-AFTRA jurisdiction.” The board, meeting Thursday night in special session, also directed SAG-AFTRA counsel to conduct an investigation into Equity’s “activities seeking to poach SAG-AFTRA’s

SAG-AFTRA disclosed on Thursday that it is undergoing a new round of staff cuts at its offices, citing a financial hit due to the monthslong film and TV production shutdown amid the pandemic. In the new round of layoffs, its third this year, approximately 45 staffers were impacted by the cuts.

SAG-AFTRA announced on Thursday that it will implement a third round of cuts to its workforce due to the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the actors’ guild’s employee count down to approximately 400.The cuts will be implemented through a combination of early retirement and position eliminations. The guild says the moves are being done “to conserve resources and further strengthen the union’s fiscal position.”“Someday, this crisis will end.

David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA said today that it has further reduced its workforce “across most operations and locals” through a combination of early retirements and job eliminations. This is the union’s third workforce reduction since the pandemic and production shutdown began in mid-March, and will bring the number of its employees to about 400 nationwide.“Someday, this crisis will end,” said David White, the union’s national executive director.

David Robb Labor EditorAs the long-simmering jurisdictional dispute between Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA continues to unfold in public, Equity executive director Mary McColl today disputed SAG-AFTRA’s claim that Equity had asked for a “waiver” to represent actors who perform in taped stage presentations during the pandemic – a jurisdiction SAG-AFTRA has long claimed as its own.Yesterday, SAG-AFTRA said that “It is unconscionable for Equity staff to accuse SAG-AFTRA of disrupting relationships

Dave McNary Film ReporterLeaders of SAG-AFTRA are in a bitter jurisdictional battle with Actors Equity over which union should cover the taping of live events.The dispute went public Wednesday, when SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris and National Executive Director David White delivered a message to members that they are willing to offer a waiver in order to create more work opportunities for AEA members — but that it must contain an acknowledgment of SAG-AFTRA’s jurisdiction“That waiver

David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association are locked in a jurisdictional dispute over the taping of live theatrical presentations.

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