06 Apr, 2022 SAG-AFTRA and JPC Reach Tentative Deal on Successor Commercials Contracts By Brian Murphy SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee each have issued identical, terse statements announcing that a tentative agreement has been...
05 Feb, 2021 Ex-President Trump Resigns From SAG-AFTRA; Union's Response: "Thank You" By Brian Murphy In a fiery letter sent to SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris (who still occupies her office), President Donald J. Trump (who was...
09 Mar, 2020 Union Wars (Part IV): A New Hope By Brian Murphy Candice Kersh A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy (Not So) Far, Far Away (A Recap) In August of 2018 and May of 2019 (see this and this post), SAG-AFTRA...
09 Dec, 2019 When Others Go High … We Go Low (Budget): The SAG-AFTRA Commercials Low Budget Digital Waiver Gets a Makeover By Brian Murphy SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee (“JPC”) have announced changes to the popular Low Budget Digital Waiver (the “LBDW”) under the...
26 Sep, 2019 The AFofM Contract - Extension and Upcoming Negotiations By Brian Murphy The ANA-4A’s Joint Policy Committee on Broadcast Talent Union Relations (the “JPC”) and the American Federation of Musicians have...
14 May, 2019 SAG-AFTRA Revokes Signatory Status of Six More "Signatory Service" Entities By Brian Murphy Today, SAG-AFTRA announced that it has revoked the signatory status of six "signatory service" entities: Checks in Motion, Inc.,...
28 Apr, 2019 The 2019 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (Part 1): The Alternate Compensation Structure By Brian Murphy The Memorandum of Agreement ("MOA") for the 2019 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (the "Commercials Contract") has been released. Clocking...
14 Apr, 2019 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contracts Approved by Union's National Board By Brian Murphy Yesterday, SAG-AFTRA's National Board unanimously approved the tentative deals for the 2019 Commercials Contracts and Audio Commercials...
16 Aug, 2018 SAG-AFTRA Revokes Signatory Status of Signatory Company By Brian Murphy SAG-AFTRA announced yesterday that it is revoking the signatory status of Executive Media Services (“EMS”). EMS is one of a number of...
07 Jun, 2018 Let the Music Play: AFofM Commercials Announcements Agreement Extended By Brian Murphy The ANA-4A's Joint Policy Committee on Broadcast Talent Union Relations and the American Federation of Musicians (AFofM) have agreed to...
10 May, 2018 Potential Perils of Not Paying SAG Pension & Health? By Brian Murphy A complaint filed last week in California state court presents interesting questions regarding the potential liability that an advertiser...