Help Sam Join SAG-AFTRA
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Hi Everyone!
I've been out in LA pursuing my acting career for the past 7(ish?) months and working really hard to gain eligibility to the labor union for television and film actors, SAG-AFTRA. As of recently, I have become eligible for SAG-AFTRA by completing a required amount of time and work on a few different union television projects (yay!).
However, now I am faced with paying the initiation dues to join, which currently is $3,099. I have to come up with this money soon because I am considered a "must-join" and will legally be limited on working any other union based projects until I join. All television and film actors and actresses that you see on TV or in movies are a part of SAG-AFTRA, and if I am to continue progressing in this industry I will have to join.
I am extremely excited for the opportunity to join such a prestigious union of talented people, if you are able to help out, or if you think of anyone who might want to help and can pass it along that would be great!!
Thank you so much!
http://www.sagaftra.org/home
"SAG-AFTRA represents more than 165,000 actors, announcers, broadcasters journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. With national offices in Los Angeles and New York, and local offices nationwide, SAG-AFTRA members work together to secure the strongest protections for media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.
Mission Statement
"SAG-AFTRA brings together two great American labor unions: Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Both were formed in the turmoil of the 1930s, with rich histories of fighting for and securing the strongest protections for media artists. Our members united to form the successor union in order to preserve those hard-won rights and to continue the struggle to extend and expand those protections into the 21st century and beyond.
We are actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, dj's, news writers, news directors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals. Our work is seen and heard in theaters, on television and radio, sound recordings, the internet, games, mobile devices, home video: you see us and hear us on all media distribution platforms. We are the faces and the voices that entertain and inform America and the world.
SAG-AFTRA is committed to organizing all work done under our jurisdictions; negotiating the best wages, working conditions, and health and pension benefits; preserving and expanding members' work opportunities; vigorously enforcing our contracts; and protecting members against unauthorized use of their work.
A proud member of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA partners with our fellow unions in the U.S. and internationally to seek the strongest protections for media artists throughout the world. We work with governments at the international, federal, state, and local levels to expand protections for American media professionals both at home and abroad.
It is a core value of SAG-AFTRA that our strength is in our diversity. We are committed to the broadest employment and involvement of our members, regardless of gender, race, age, religious beliefs, disability, nationality, and sexual orientation or identification. SAG-AFTRA strives to educate and engage members so that they may be full participants in the workings of their union. We are proud to be a model of inclusion, democratic organization and governance."
Thank you all so much!
I've been out in LA pursuing my acting career for the past 7(ish?) months and working really hard to gain eligibility to the labor union for television and film actors, SAG-AFTRA. As of recently, I have become eligible for SAG-AFTRA by completing a required amount of time and work on a few different union television projects (yay!).
However, now I am faced with paying the initiation dues to join, which currently is $3,099. I have to come up with this money soon because I am considered a "must-join" and will legally be limited on working any other union based projects until I join. All television and film actors and actresses that you see on TV or in movies are a part of SAG-AFTRA, and if I am to continue progressing in this industry I will have to join.
I am extremely excited for the opportunity to join such a prestigious union of talented people, if you are able to help out, or if you think of anyone who might want to help and can pass it along that would be great!!
Thank you so much!
http://www.sagaftra.org/home
"SAG-AFTRA represents more than 165,000 actors, announcers, broadcasters journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. With national offices in Los Angeles and New York, and local offices nationwide, SAG-AFTRA members work together to secure the strongest protections for media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.
Mission Statement
"SAG-AFTRA brings together two great American labor unions: Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Both were formed in the turmoil of the 1930s, with rich histories of fighting for and securing the strongest protections for media artists. Our members united to form the successor union in order to preserve those hard-won rights and to continue the struggle to extend and expand those protections into the 21st century and beyond.
We are actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, dj's, news writers, news directors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals. Our work is seen and heard in theaters, on television and radio, sound recordings, the internet, games, mobile devices, home video: you see us and hear us on all media distribution platforms. We are the faces and the voices that entertain and inform America and the world.
SAG-AFTRA is committed to organizing all work done under our jurisdictions; negotiating the best wages, working conditions, and health and pension benefits; preserving and expanding members' work opportunities; vigorously enforcing our contracts; and protecting members against unauthorized use of their work.
A proud member of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA partners with our fellow unions in the U.S. and internationally to seek the strongest protections for media artists throughout the world. We work with governments at the international, federal, state, and local levels to expand protections for American media professionals both at home and abroad.
It is a core value of SAG-AFTRA that our strength is in our diversity. We are committed to the broadest employment and involvement of our members, regardless of gender, race, age, religious beliefs, disability, nationality, and sexual orientation or identification. SAG-AFTRA strives to educate and engage members so that they may be full participants in the workings of their union. We are proud to be a model of inclusion, democratic organization and governance."
Thank you all so much!
Organizer
Sam Emerson
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
