Actors' Equity backs unions
Members instructed to honor picket lines
In the event that an agreement is not reached before the unions' strike deadline of May 1, Equity members have been instructed to honor picket lines and not to perform in or audition for work in commercials.
A letter signed by Equity president Ron Silver and executive director Alan Eisenberg has been sent to SAG offering Equity's full support. The letter noted the employers' "refusal to consider any of SAG/AFTRA's major proposals yet (their) demanding of cutbacks (that) is dangerously close to and perhaps falls over into bad faith bargaining."
More than 60% of Actors' Equity members belong to SAG and AFTRA.
