SAG-AFTRA Staff Authorized Notice Telling Members Not To Accept Jobs Without Union’s Approval During Pandemic

Thousands of West Dunbartonshire residents have benefited from council support during the coronavirus pandemic.

By Dave McNary

Comcast-owned pay TV giant Sky has booked a slate of nine new original documentaries and factual shows ahead of the launch of its new channels Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature.

Comcast-owned pay TV giant Sky has booked a slate of nine new original documentaries and factual shows ahead of the launch of its new channels Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature. Among this lineup of new programming are biographies of Tina Turner, produced by Searching for Sugar Man producers Lightbox and

More than 1,300 workers at Rolls-Royce in Inchinnan have been left in the dark about their futures after the company announced plans to axe at least 9,000 jobs globally.

SAG-AFTRA will require members to seek the union's approval before accepting new work amid health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdown measures begin to be eased.

By David Robb

By Dave McNary

What’s a union to do about inadequate contract language when members are taking it on the chin? That’s the problem confronting SAG-AFTRA: some television studios are holding actors under contract on unpaid “hiatus” during the pandemic rather than paying them as per force majeure provisions. That’s because 2009 revisions to the SAG TV Agreement made the entire force majeure concept arguably optional.

By Dave McNary

A care home has started an investigation after staff were filmed dancing on chairs and doing wheelies on a wheelchair.