SAG-AFTRA Merger Plan Finalized

Backstage: A formal plan to merge the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has finally been drafted, but members of both performers’ unions will have to wait a while longer before they can read it. SAG and AFTRA announced early Monday morning that the Group for One Union—the so-called G1, a joint panel of leaders from the two unions—has agreed upon a merger package that will be presented to and voted on by SAG’s national board of directors at its Jan. 27 meeting and AFTRA’s national board at its Jan. 28-29 meeting. The unions intend to withhold details of the package until after the board meetings.