AFTRA

Bob Marley was in AFTRA (the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) and I got a check once for almost $6,000 for History of Rock Part I.

Bob Marley (no, not THAT one) on his new Sirius comedy show and his role in 'Boondock Saints II' | EW.com 2009

An AFTRA statement confirmed the issues' importance, calling the 1% increase the union's "primary objective" in the bargaining.

Jonathan Handel: AFTRA, Networks Reach New Three Year Deal Jonathan Handel 2011

The contract under negotiation -- AFTRA's Network Code, colloquially referred to as the "front of book" -- is the union's largest, and generates more than $250 million a year in member earnings.

Jonathan Handel: Health and Retirement Are the Hangup in AFTRA Netcode Negotiations (Exclusive) Jonathan Handel 2011

The contract under negotiation -- AFTRA's Network Code, colloquially referred to as the "front of book" -- is the union's largest, and generates more than $250 million a year in member earnings.

Jonathan Handel: Health and Retirement Are the Hangup in AFTRA Netcode Negotiations (Exclusive) Jonathan Handel 2011

AFTRA's negotiations with the networks and television producers resume this week and the big issue, according to a source close to the process, is the same one that's bedeviled Hollywood labor for the past several years: health and retirement.

Jonathan Handel: Health and Retirement Are the Hangup in AFTRA Netcode Negotiations (Exclusive) Jonathan Handel 2011

An AFTRA statement confirmed the issues' importance, calling the 1% increase the union's "primary objective" in the bargaining.

Jonathan Handel: AFTRA, Networks Reach New Three Year Deal Jonathan Handel 2011

P.P.S. Full disclosure: I am a proud union member of four unions: the Directors Guild, the Writers Guild, the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA the last two have passed resolutions supporting the workers in Wisconsin.

Michael Moore: How I Got to Madison, Wisconsin Michael Moore 2011

AFTRA and the television networks reached agreement on a new three-year contract today, with the new pact featuring now-standard 2% annual wage increases and an unusually large 1% increase in employer contributions to health and retirement.

Jonathan Handel: AFTRA, Networks Reach New Three Year Deal Jonathan Handel 2011

P.P.S. Full disclosure: I am a proud union member of four unions: the Directors Guild, the Writers Guild, the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA the last two have passed resolutions supporting the workers in Wisconsin.

Michael Moore: How I Got to Madison, Wisconsin Michael Moore 2011

AFTRA and the television networks reached agreement on a new three-year contract today, with the new pact featuring now-standard 2% annual wage increases and an unusually large 1% increase in employer contributions to health and retirement.

Jonathan Handel: AFTRA, Networks Reach New Three Year Deal Jonathan Handel 2011