Knowra SAG-AFTRA SAG-AFTRA SAG-AFTRA is a U.S. labor union representing actors, broadcast journalists, recording artists, and other media professionals. It negotiates contracts governing members’ pay, working conditions, and rights.
Collective bargaining : Negotiation between workers’ representatives and employers over pay, benefits, and working conditions. SAG-AFTRA negotiates industry-wide agreements with studios and broadcasters on members’ behalf.
Screen Actors Guild : A U.S. labor union for film and television actors, founded in 1933. It merged with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists to create SAG-AFTRA.
SAG-AFTRA commercials contracts : Union agreements governing performers’ work in covered advertising and commercial productions. Commercials are a major area of union work, with compensation tied to how ads are used.
Directors Guild of America : A U.S. labor union representing directors and certain other workers in film and television. It bargains for directing professionals rather than the performers and media workers represented by SAG-AFTRA.
2023 SAG-AFTRA strike : A 118-day strike by SAG-AFTRA members against film and television studios in 2023. The strike brought compensation, streaming residuals, and artificial intelligence protections into focus.
SAG-AFTRA Television/Theatrical Contracts : Union agreements setting terms for performers working in covered television and theatrical productions. These agreements govern minimum pay, residuals, and conditions on many screen productions.
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists : A U.S. labor union for performers and professionals in television, radio, and recorded media. AFTRA brought broadcast and recording workers into the 2012 merger.
SAG-AFTRA Network Television Code : A union agreement covering performers and other workers in specified network television programming. The code covers television work distinct from scripted theatrical productions.
Writers Guild of America : A labor union representing writers in film, television, radio, and digital media. It represents writers in overlapping productions but negotiates a separate set of employment terms.
SAG-AFTRA strike of 2023–2024 : A 118-day 2023 strike by SAG-AFTRA members against film and television studios. Its settlement established new terms on streaming compensation and synthetic uses of performers’ work.
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