New York Open Caucus Meeting
Attend an Open Caucus Meeting Regarding the Policy of Non-Discrimination and Diversity June 30
SAG and AFTRA members are invited to attend a special contract caucus meeting to review the Producer-Screen Actors Guild’s Policy on Non-Discrimination and Diversity in the Codified Basic Agreement and Television Agreement and AFTRA’s Policy of Non-Discrimination/Affirmative Action in Exhibit A of AFTRA Network Television Code. The non-discrimination policies are mostly identical for both unions.
When: 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Where: Leon Janney Board Room
Screen Actors Guild
360 Madison Avenue – 14th Floor
(Entrance on 45th Street, btwn. Fifth and Madison Avenues)
New York, NY 10017
All members who work the SAG TV/Theatrical Contracts and AFTRA’s Exhibit A are invited to attend and participate. We especially encourage performers from protected categories to attend. It is necessary for the voices of women, seniors, performers of color, performers with disabilities, and the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) communities to be heard.
This special meeting is open to all paid-up SAG and AFTRA members; participation is limited only by fire department regulations. Please bring your membership card.
For ADA accommodations, please make your request by June 22, 2010 to rsvpdiversity@sag.org or diversity@aftra.com.
E-mail Suggestions: Can’t make it to the committee meeting? You can still play an active part by emailing your ideas to wandw2010@sag.org or wandw2010@aftra.com. Recommendations must be received by August 6, 2010.
You may also submit your ideas through the on-site suggestion boxes at SAG and AFTRA: SAG members may use the suggestion box available in the Committees office on the 12th floor of SAG’s New York office, 360 Madison Avenue, in New York. AFTRA members may use the suggestion box available in the 7th Floor Membership Department at the AFTRA office at 260 Madison Avenue .
Your participation is vital to a contract negotiation responsive to the working members. Thank you for your time.
Dates and times subject to change. Notice will be given of any changes.
