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The battle for control of SAG-AFTRA has turned ugly, with allegations and threats of lawsuits flying between the feuding factions. Unite for Strength, the union's ruling party, is calling on Matthew Modine and his MembershipFirst opposition party to publicly denounce the "rhetoric of hate" allegedly espoused by…

Camryn Manheim, SAG-AFTRA's national secretary-treasurer, and nine other members of her Unite for Strength ruling party have filed an election campaign violation complaint against Matthew Modine, Joely Fisher, Sam Rubin and their MembershipFirst opposition party. The complaint, filed with the union's national election…

SAG-AFTRA is the only major Hollywood union that doesn't own its own headquarters, and that's become a topic of heated debate between its warring factions in the union's ongoing election of national and local officers. SAG – and now SAG-AFTRA – hasn't owned its own national offices for 35 years, leasing at two…

Candidates from SAG-AFTRA's rival factions – Unite for Strength and Membership First – have staked out their positions as they vie for control of the union in its upcoming elections. Candidates from the ruling Unite for Strength camp – led by Fran Drescher and Anthony Rapp – say in their official campaign statements…

SAG-AFTRA’s upcoming election is taking shape, with the union’s ruling party – headed by presidential candidate Fran Drescher – today unveiling its full slate of candidates. Yvette Nicole Brown is running for president of the Los Angeles local, and Ezra Knight is running for president of the union's New York local…

Unite for Strength, part of the ruling coalition of SAG-AFTRA, is calling for unity as thousands of performers and their family members face losing their health coverage next year due to a restructuring of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, which is projecting a $141 million deficit this year and $83 million next year. More…

Unite for Strength, SAG-AFTRA's ruling party, has decided not to challenge the Los Angeles local's recent election, even though it claims that the Membership First opposition party — which clobbered them in the L.A. races — "irrefutably violated" federal election law by allegedly accepting "illegal" campaign…

More than 130 actresses and #MeToo activists have signed a statement in support of SAG-AFTRA presidential candidate Matthew Modine in the wake of a joke he made at Thursday night's town hall meeting of the union's three leading presidential candidates. "We deplore the politics of personal destruction" that have been…

Unite for Strength, the ruling party of SAG-AFTRA, announced its slate of candidates today in the union's upcoming elections. Michelle Hurd, currently serving on the national board, will be running for president of the Los Angeles local; Clyde Kusatsu and Ellen Crawford will be running for vice president slots…

Gabrielle Carteris has been re-elected president of SAG-AFTRA in a contentious race to lead the 140,000-member performers union. Her slate of Unite for Strength running mates also made narrow gains but further solidified their control of the national board and the union's Los Angeles local, of which Jane Austin was…

Although the recent SAG-AFTRA election might suggest that the guild's two bickering factions will be sharing power over the next two years, the balance of power actually remains unchanged. The real power at the guild is held by David White, the union's national executive director. The national board of directors has…

UPDATED with details and reactions: As expected, Ken Howard has been re-elected President of SAG-AFTRA, defeating challenger Patricia Richardson. But in a big surprise, his Unite for Strength running mate Jenny O'Hara was beaten in the race for Secretary-Treasurer by Richardson’s Membership First running mate Jane…