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SAG-AFTRA
In Memoriam
Dolly Parton, 1946-2026
American Federation of Musicians Local 257 in Nashville mourns the country icon.
Collective bargaining
First SAG-AFTRA contract at OPB and KMHD
After nearly two years of bargaining, the first contract mandates salaries of at least $65,000 a year and annual increases of at least 3%.
Culture
Sinners and The Pitt win SAG-AFTRA awards
Screen Actors Guild president Sean Astin praised labor solidarity after the 2023 strike and name-checked fellow film and TV unions.
Culture
SAG-AFTRA’s 2026 TV and movie awards to air live on Netflix
The 32nd annual awards event, formerly known as the SAG Awards, this year was rebranded as the Actor Awards.
Union democracy
SAG-AFTRA Portland rejects challenge slate
In a heated public union election, SAG-AFTRA Portland kept its current officers, with a majority rejecting the #PortlandComeback challengers.
Jobs
Public radio staff brace for CPB shutdown
In July Congress zeroed out funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) for the first time in its 58-year history.
Culture
Conclave and Shogun win SAG Awards
The entertainment union SAG/AFTRA held its annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Feb. 23, broadcast live on Netflix.
Culture
Screen Actors Guild Awards
SAG-AFTRA’s annual public awards ceremony is set to stream live on Netflix from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23.
Union Organizing
OPB reporters unionize
Oregon Public Broadcasting and KMHD Jazz Radio voluntarily recognized SAG-AFTRA as the union for 65 on-air staff, hosts, and reporters.
Collective bargaining
Strike Stories
2023 was the biggest strike year in decades. We asked readers who struck last year to tell what it was like.
Culture
Outstanding Performances: SAG-AFTRA announces nominees for the 2024 SAG Awards
This year’s gala might get record viewership: It will stream live on Netflix, and it comes after last year's historic SAG-AFTRA strike.
Collective bargaining
Historic SAG-AFTRA strike is over
Screen actors won the right to streaming residuals, and safeguards against abuse of their images through AI.
Collective bargaining
Poll shows high public support for striking actors and writers
TV and film writers have been on strike since May 2, and TV and film actors in SAG-AFTRA have been on strike since July 14.
Collective bargaining
Screen actors on strike
Members of SAG-AFTRA are now in their third week of a nationwide strike that has shut down most film and TV productions since July 14.
Culture
Outstanding Performances
Unlike the Oscars, the SAG Awards are just for actors, and they honor not just individual performances but whole casts.
Union democracy
SAG-AFTRA officer moves on
Union actor Harold Phillips is wrapping up a run as a Portland-area labor activist after close to three decades in the city.
Culture
SAG Awards set for Feb. 27
Tired of the tedium, the pomposity, the gaffes of the annual Academy Awards? That’s management’s award ceremony.
Culture
Spreading the union’s inspiration by air and by internet
A new web project showcases and connects more than four dozen labor podcasts and radio shows from around the nation.
Building our communities
Laid-off costume department workers volunteer to make protective masks
Hospitals and home health care workers are facing a shortage of masks, and are calling for donations.
Culture
Class struggle takes the stage at the 2020 SAG Awards
The union's top award went to the Korean cast of Parasite, the runaway hit dark comedy that depicts a working class family that connives to escape dire poverty by getting jobs as servants for a rich family.
