AFTRA Moves Closer to Merger With SAG

9:08 PM PST 1/22/2011 by Jonathan Handel

For the first time, the union’s national board votes on the current merger attempt, passing a key resolution “overwhelmingly”; the measure includes a statement that AFTRA leadership is “encouraged by the renewed interest expressed by SAG’s current leadership.”

AFTRA’s national board Saturday continued down the path towards merger with SAG, “overwhelmingly pass(ing) a resolution formally authorizing AFTRA leadership to continue working with Screen Actors Guild in the Presidents’ Forum for One Union and its ‘Listening Tour,’” according to an AFTRA statement.