Actress Shannen Doherty is in the middle of her cancer treatment, which she claims has been made more difficult without proper health insurance coverage.
18.02.2023 - 01:23 / deadline.com
SAG-AFTRA has extended the contract of Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the guild’s national executive director. The guild’s national board, meeting today via videoconference, voted overwhelmingly to extend his contract through June 20, 2028. The vote to approve his new deal was 87.68% in favor and 12.32% opposed.
Crabtree-Ireland is the guild’s chief contract negotiator, and the extension of his contract comes in advance of the June 30 expiration of the guild’s film and TV contract. No dates have been set yet for the start of those talks.
“Duncan is a strategic thinker and an extraordinary executive whose stewardship of our operations has been stellar,” said SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher. “He is also the tough and effective negotiator we need. We are fortunate to benefit from his leadership, and I look forward to rolling up our sleeves and having an innovative and effective negotiation of the TV/Theatrical contract.”
“I am very excited to continue fighting for the members of SAG-AFTRA,” Crabtree-Ireland said. “I want to thank President Drescher, our elected officers, and national board members for their confidence in me. It’s truly an honor to represent the most extraordinary performers and journalists in the world, and I look forward to advancing the cause together.”Crabtree-Ireland has been the guild’s top executive since June of 2021, when he succeeded David White in the post. Prior to that, he was the guild’s second-in-command, serving as its chief operating officer and general counsel.
Prior to the 2012 merger of SAG and AFTRA, he served as SAG’s deputy national executive director, and was a key participant in the negotiations that led up to the merger. He also served as the coordinator of SAG-AFTRA’s Covid-19
Actress Shannen Doherty is in the middle of her cancer treatment, which she claims has been made more difficult without proper health insurance coverage.
Shannen Doherty has questions and she’s hoping one person can answer them – Fran Drescher. TheBeverly Hills, 90210 star took to Instagram on Wednesday to call upon the SAG-AFTRA President to make changes in the organization's “current criteria.”“@officialfrandrescher i'm curious for people like me who have worked since they were 10 and paid dues to @sagaftra how when we aren’t able to work for health reasons why our union abandons us. I think we can do better for all our members and I think you’re person to do it,” she wrote. “Health insurance shouldn’t be based on annual income.
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Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Duncan Crabtree-Ireland has signed on for four more years as national executive director and chief negotiator for SAG-AFTRA. The contract extension was approved by the performers union’s national board via a virtual meeting. The vote tally was 87.68% yes and 12.32% no for keeping Crabtree-Ireland at the helm through June 20, 2028. Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA noted the importance of keeping Crabtree-Ireland in place as the union faces difficult contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers in the coming months. The union’s master film and TV contract with Hollywood’s largest employers is set to expire June 30.
SAG-AFTRA announced on Friday that it has renewed the contract of National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland through June 2028, approving the new four-year contract during a meeting of the actors guild’s national board with 87% of the vote. “I am very excited to continue fighting for the members of SAG-AFTRA,” Crabtree-Ireland said.