SAG-AFTRA, DGA, IATSE, Teamsters and the Hollywood Basic Crafts Announce COVID-19 Safety Agreement Modification Negotiations To Continue Into Next Week

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), Directors Guild of America (DGA), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and the Hollywood Basic Crafts (Teamsters Local 399, IBEW Local 40, LiUNA! Local 724, OPCMIA Local 755 and UA Local 78), today announced that negotiations will continue next week regarding adjustments to a new COVID-19 Safety Agreement as we have not yet reached an agreement with the AMPTP.

The protocols in the current agreement, which was previously scheduled to expire April 30, will remain in place until a new agreement is reached.

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SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.