As a subscriber to the union notification system I received the following announcement in Saturday’s email extremely encouraging and significant to those of us who look at the “big picture” when it comes to joint cooperation between AFTRA and SAG:


JOINT STATEMENT FROM AFTRA AND SAG REGARDING COMMERCIALS CONTRACTS NEGOTIATIONS

On Saturday, February 7, the Joint National Board of Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists met in videoconference plenary in Los Angeles and New York and approved by an overwhelming majority a package of proposals for the changes to the AFTRA Television and Radio Commercials Contracts and SAG Television Commercials Contract. The SAG and AFTRA Commercials Contracts will be bargained under the terms of the Phase One Agreement that applies to the Commercials Contracts negotiations only. Negotiations are scheduled to commence on February 23 in New York.