The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is an American labor union. SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 film and television actors, journalists, radio personalities, recording artists, singers, voice actors, internet influencers, and other media professionals worldwide. The union is perceived as having two factions.
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The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is an American labor union. SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 film and television actors, journalists, radio personalities, recording artists, singers, voice actors, internet influencers, fashion models, and other media professionals worldwide. 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. The strike resulted from attempted negotiations since February 2015 to replace the previous contract, the Interactive Media Agreement, that expired in late 2014. After about a year and a half of negotiations, Sag-AFtRA issued a strike on October 21, 2016, against eleven American video game developers and publishers, including Activision, Electronic Arts, Insomniac Games, Take 2 Interactive, and WB Games.
It was the first such strike within the video game industry and the first strike in 17 years. As of April 23, 2017, it became the longest strike within the SAG Association, surpassing the Emmy Awards of the 1980s and 1990s. The first president of the merged union, Ken Howard, died on March 23, 2016. He was succeeded as president by Gabrielle Carteris on April 9, 2016 and is now the president of AFTRA. The organization was formed on March 30, 2012, following the merger of the Screen Actor’s Guild and the American Federation Of Television andRadio Artists. The group is a member of the AFL–CIO, the largest federation of unions in the United States. It has a diverse membership consisting of actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, disc jockeys, news writers, news editors, program hosts and puppeteers.
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