National Board Approves 2025 Budget, Celebrates Fast Company Honor

The SAG-AFTRA National Board met April 20 in a scheduled one-day videoconference plenary, voting unanimously to approve the 2025 budget.

 In addition, the Board also reviewed administrative, finance and governance matters, seating a number of national committees and established a task force on child protection.

 SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland reported that the union was named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list for 2024, making it the second time the union has achieved this prestigious honor. 

He also reported on recent contract news and provided a comprehensive review of the union’s legislative efforts to fill in the gaps in current legal artificial intelligence protections, detailing the status of several pieces of federal and state legislation (see page 46). 

“We’re fighting for every bit of A.I. protections we can win for our members. Hopefully this will result in broad rights and protections for our members and other individuals,” he said.

This item originally featured in the SAG-AFTRA spring 2024 magazine issue

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