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• November 18, 2011

  NAB's Performance Fee Position Slammed In Letter To Congress

  

  Four music industry groups have banded together, and sent a letter to Congress' Deficit Reduction Supercommittee, claiming the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS is resisting incentive spectrum auctions. THE HILL reports, "THE AMERICAN FEDERATION … more »

• October 3, 2011

  AFTRA Board OK's Strike

  

  AFTRA's national board has given the negotators for the labor group's sound recording contract authorization to strike, the organization announced SATURDAY. REUTERS reports, "Since mid-AUGUST, the AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TV AND RADIO ARTISTS has been … more »

• September 12, 2011

  AFTRA Names Tom Higgins Exec. Dir.

  THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS has named TOM HIGGINS Exec. Director of its BOSTON local. He succeeds DONA SOMMERS, who retired AUG. 29th, but will remain a consultant to the union. HIGGINS has been with the union since 2000, when … more »

• July 25, 2011

  AFTRA Re-Elects Roberta Reardon As President

  

  AFTRA has re-elected ROBERTA REARDON as National President of the union.  REARDON won re-election on SATURDAY by unanimous acclamation at the union's National Convention in SEATTLE.  Also re-elected was SIRIUS XM RADIO host BOB EDWARDS as … more »

• June 21, 2011

  AFTRA, SAG Meet To Talk Merger

  

  The long-discussed possibility of the merger of the AMERICAN FEDERATION OF RADIO AND TELEVISION ARTISTS and the SCREEN ACTORS GUILD has taken another step forward with formal discussions between representatives of the unions this past weekend at the … more »

• May 16, 2011

  AFTRA Board Approves Mission Statement, Committee On Merger With SAG

  

  Following suit from the SCREEN ACTORS GUILD board's approval of merger talks (NET NEWS 5/3), the AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS' board approved a mission statement SATURDAY that establishes its own committee to work with SAG to … more »

• May 3, 2011

  Screen Actors Guild Board OKs Step Towards AFTRA Merger

  

  The board of the SCREEN ACTORS GUILD unanimously approved on SATURDAY (4/30) a mission statement for a consolidated union with the AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS, taking a step closer towards the long-debated merger of the two … more »

• January 24, 2011

  AFTRA, SAG Reconvene Merger Talks

  A move to merge the two actor and broadcasters unions is back in gear, as the L.A. TIMES reports that the board of the AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS (AFTRA) voted to continue a series of meetings with the leadership of the SCREEN … more »

• March 15, 2010

  SAG, AFTRA Rejoin For Contract Negotiations

  

  After two years of battling, SAG and AFTRA are at peace again, with SCREEN ACTORS GUILD board members voting 78% to 22% to revive a joint bargaining agreement with the AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS. The LOS ANGELES TIMES reports … more »

• March 23, 2009

  AFTRA Pension Fund Takes Hit; Adjustments Made

  

  The AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS said SATURDAY that the value of its pension fund fell 23% last year to $1.54 billion as a result the stock market slide, reports THE LOS ANGELES TIMES. The losses have forced the union to make … more »