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Non-union Actors vs. Union Actors

This is the tangled web of trying to engage union talent. And on we go......

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Actors' unions are meant to guarantee income and decent working conditions no matter who hires them, and because these major unions have much more strength than any individual actor does, they can better negotiate and set terms.
America's largest union for acting professionals is SAG-AFTRA, or the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. The union boasts a membership of more than 150,000 individuals, representing a broad array of actors across TV, movies, and commercials.
most actors start out doing non-union on-camera gigs, but when you do so, you have little to no protection regarding your work hours, safety, timely payment, reuse of your image, etc., so you have to be more mindful of what you're saying yes to.
The SAG-AFTRA Strike is Over, But the AI Fight in Hollywood is Just Beginning. The last of the Hollywood strikes formally came to a close on December 5, when the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), the performers' labor union, ratified its contract with Hollywood studios ...
SAG-AFTRA brings together two great American labor unions: Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Both were formed in the turmoil of the 1930s, with rich histories of fighting for and securing the strongest protections for media artists.