SAG-AFTRA
Hollywood performers' guild
SAG-AFTRA is the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, a labor union representing performers in film, television, radio, and other recorded media.
Formed in 2012 through the merger of two older unions, it negotiates contracts, sets minimum pay rates, and administers health and pension benefits for its members.
The union makes news during strikes over issues like residuals and AI use: The SAG-AFTRA strike shut down Hollywood productions for months.
Those playing roles
- performersThose who entertain audiences
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- membershipState of belonging
- duesRegular membership payments
collective bargaining · Hollywood · entertainment industry · representation · contract · workers · talent · unionization
Protesting workers' boundary
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- demandsForceful requests or requirements
- negotiationsFormal discussion seeking agreement
studio · solidarity · rallies · contract dispute · holdout · WGA · shutdown · fair wages
Ongoing compensation for rebroadcasts
- minimumsSmallest permissible amounts
- health benefitsEmployer-provided medical coverage
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
- streaming rightsAuthorization to broadcast digitally
compensation · royalties · day rate · weekly rate · overtime · working conditions · exclusivity · consent
Control over likeness use
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- scanningSystematic visual examination
- voice cloningReplicating speech synthetically
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
Meeting required conditions
- Taft-HartleyFederal labor management statute
- vouchersRedeemable credit documents
- initiation feeCost to join organization
- principalChief school administrator
background · active status · inactive · dues · benefits · health insurance
actors
Those playing roles
- performersThose who entertain audiences
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- membershipState of belonging
dues · collective bargaining · Hollywood · entertainment industry · representation · contract · workers · talent · unionization · organizing
picket line
Protesting workers' boundary
- walkoutProtest by leaving
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
- demandsForceful requests or requirements
negotiations · studio · solidarity · rallies · contract dispute · holdout · WGA · shutdown · fair wages · picket signs
residuals
Ongoing compensation for rebroadcasts
- minimumsSmallest permissible amounts
- health benefitsEmployer-provided medical coverage
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
streaming rights · compensation · royalties · day rate · weekly rate · overtime · working conditions · exclusivity · consent · terms
image rights
Control over likeness use
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- scanningSystematic visual examination
- voice cloningReplicating speech synthetically
replica · training data · generative AI · protections · authorization
eligible
Meeting required conditions
- Taft-HartleyFederal labor management statute
- vouchersRedeemable credit documents
- initiation feeCost to join organization
principal · background · active status · inactive · dues · benefits · health insurance
- entertainment unionsWGA, Screen Actors Guild, Writers Guild, actors guild, actors union
- labor unionsunion dues, trade union, union membership, labor union, union shops
- actors unionScreen Actors Guild, union card, union dues, membership card, membership dues
- cinemafilm, films, film studios, movies, movie
- music industryalbum, albums, singles, record label, record labels
- theater crewstagehand, stagehands, stage hand, stage manager, stage managers
SAG-AFTRAstudio system
Vertically integrated film production
producers · production companies · Disney · Netflix · management
SAG-AFTRAnon-union
Not belonging to guilds
scab · right-to-work · open shop · independent contractor · independent contractors
actor, sag, Federation, federation, SAG