SAG Allocates $70K for Task Force Working on Merger With AFTRA

8:07 PM PST 1/23/2011 by Jonathan Handel

SAG president Ken Howard praises Saturday's AFTRA resolution regarding merger.

SAG’s national board unanimously voted Sunday to allocate up to $70,000 in additional funding to its SAG-AFTRA Relations Task Force, which is working to “develop a framework for the formation of a new union combining the members of Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA,” according to a SAG statement.