SAG-AFTRA

SAG-AFTRA
Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
FoundedMarch 30, 2012 (2012-03-30)
Members116,741 ("active" members) (2016)[1]
80,440 (other members; withdrawn/suspended) (2014)[2]
AffiliationAAAA, AFL-CIO, IFJ, FIA
Websitewww.sagaftra.org

Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) is an American labor union representing approximately 160,000 movie and television actors, journalists, radio personalities, recording artists, singers, voice actors, and other media professionals worldwide.

The organization was formed on March 30, 2012, following the merger of the Screen Actors Guild (created in 1933) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.[3] SAG-AFTRA is a member of the AFL–CIO, the largest federation of unions in the United States.[4]

Presidents

References

  1. ↑ Whipp, Glenn, SAG Awards 2016: Take that, Oscars -- diversity's the big winner tonight, Los Angeles Times, January 30, 2016
  2. ↑ US Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards. File number 000-391. Report submitted July 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "SAG, AFTRA Members Approve Merger to Form SAG-AFTRA" (Press release). SAG-AFTRA. March 30, 2012. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Unions of the AFL-CIO". AFL-CIO. Retrieved February 1, 2016.