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Date Release Topic Area Local
12/28/01 Detroit's WXYT, Team 1270 Seeks AFTRA Representation Broadcast Local Detroit
07/17/01 2001 Primetime/Theatrical Contracts Referendum Summary Entertainment National  
08/05/01 Actor John Connolly is Elected AFTRA President Staff National  
07/16/01 SoundExchange to Distribute Monies from Subscription Services Sound Recordings National  
07/16/01 The Music Man--Big League Theatricals Unions National New York
07/13/01 SAG & AFTRA JOINT BOARD VOTES TO SEND REFERENDUM TO MEMBERSHIP ON TELEVISION & THEATRICAL CONTRACT WITH THE AMPTP Entertainment National Los Angeles
07/12/01 SAG & AFTRA JOINT BOARD VOTES TO SEND REFERENDUM TO MEMBERSHIP ON TELEVISION & THEATRICAL CONTRACT WITH THE AMPTP Entertainment National New York
07/11/01 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AND AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH ALLIANCE OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION PRODUCERS Entertainment National Los Angeles
06/11/01 AFTRA Wants Internet Artists Paid Directly Sound Recordings National  
06/01/01 Working in Daytime Drama - Don't Be Kept in the Dark Entertainment National New York
05/24/01 BOSTON'S METRO/SHADOW TRAFFIC JOINS AFTRA Broadcast Local Boston
05/22/01 AFTRA Awards Given for Excellence in Diversity EEO/Diversity National New York
05/21/01 Statement of Ann Chaitovitz Before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the House Committee on the Judiciary Oversight Hearings on Music on the Internet Sound Recordings National  
05/17/01 AFTRA Addresses Congress to Ensure that License Fees from Music on the Internet are Paid Directly to Artists Sound Recordings National DC
05/14/01 SAG AND AFTRA STATE GOALS FOR UPCOMING CONTRACT TALKS Unions National Los Angeles
05/04/01 SAG/AFTRA STATEMENT ON WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA/AMPTP TENTATIVE CONTRACT AGREEMENT Unions National Los Angeles
04/28/01 JOINT SAG AND AFTRA BOARD MEETINGS APPROVE PROPOSALS FOR UPCOMING TV/THEATRICAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ALLIANCE OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION PRODUCERS AND TV NETWORKS Entertainment National Los Angeles
04/28/01 JOINT SAG AND AFTRA BOARD MEETINGS APPROVE PROPOSALS FOR UPCOMING TV/THEATRICAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ALLIANCE OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION PRODUCERS AND TV NETWORKS Entertainment National Los Angeles
04/20/01 AFTRA Wary of Strike Expenses Entertainment National  
04/18/01 QUESTIONS ABOUT STREAMING Radio National  
04/16/01 PRIMETIME NEGOTIATIONS: MESSAGE FROM SHELBY SCOTT, AFTRA NATIONAL PRESIDENT Entertainment National  
04/16/01 Union Tells Lawmakers New Services Endanger Health, Pensions H&R; National Los Angeles
04/11/01 AFTRA Seeks Fair Rates for Copyrighted Recordings on the Web Sound Recordings National DC
04/03/01 Statement of Ann Chaitovitz Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearings on "Online Entertainment and Copyright Law" Sound Recordings National DC
04/03/01 AFTRA Urges Congress to Protect Recording Artists From Piracy of their Works Sound Recordings National DC
03/21/01 AFTRA names Ann Chaitovitz to new post as National Director/Sound Recordings Sound Recordings National New York
03/05/01 NETWORK STAFF NEWSPERSONS NEGOTIATION UPDATE Broadcast National New York
02/26/01 AFTRA names Kim Roberts Associate National Executive Director Staff National New York
02/12/01 AFTRA Applauds Ruling on Napster by Ninth Circuit Court Sound Recordings National New York
01/25/01 AFTRA Names Tom Carpenter National Director, News/Broadcasting Staff National New York
01/19/01 Court Strikes down FCC's Equal Employment Opportunities Rules - Severe Blow and Setback on the Path of True Diversity in the Broadcast Industry EEO/Diversity National New York
01/17/01 AFTRA Names New Manager for National Agency Department Staff National New York
07/28/00 Greg Hessinger Named AFTRA's Chief Executive Staff National New York
05/02/00 AFTRA Signs First Contract With Comedy Central Entertainment National New York
04/28/00 Bruce York resigns position as AFTRA's National Executive Director Staff National New York
03/20/00 AFTRA Pensions Increase for Tenth Time in Decade H&R; National  
01/31/00 STATEMENT OF CLAIMANTS AND DEMAND FOR ARBITRATION Legal National Los Angeles
01/31/00 Demand for Arbitration Filed in Residuals Study Agreement Broadcast National New York
01/13/00 AFTRA: Soaps Lack Minorities EEO/Diversity National  



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