The SAG-AFTRA Professional Representatives Department is responsible for all agency and personal management needs, including, but not limited to:
- the interpretation and enforcement of legacy SAG’s Agency Regulations and Contracts, [a/k/a Rule 16(g)], legacy AFTRA’s Agency Regulations and Contracts, [a/k/a Rule 12-C]—both of which have been carried forward and incorporated into the merged Union, SAG-AFTRA—as well as the SAG-AFTRA Personal Managers Code of Ethics and Conduct.
- providing assistance on contract review, dispute resolution and general guidance on agency/management relationships
- responding to performers’ questions and concerns about their agency/management relationships
- investigating member complaints
- interacting with agents, attorneys, casting directors, managers and other designated performer representatives on all topics
- mediating disputes between agents and members and/or managers and members in order to diffuse conflicts before arbitration becomes necessary
- maintaining working relationships with talent agency organizations (e.g., ATA, NATR), and/or management organizations (e.g., TMA)
- advising members on the terms and conditions of general service agreements (or “GSAs”) (agency contracts used by ATA/NATR agents to represent SAG-AFTRA performers for SAG-covered work only)
- keeping abreast of new legislation relating to the agency and personal management arenas and how that can affect SAG-AFTRA members
- consulting and assisting SAG-AFTRA staff across the country on agency rulings and policy and our members’ relationships with managers
- facilitating arbitration between members and agents and/or members and managers, when necessary.