Screen Actors Guild

Definition

The Screen Actors Guild is a labor union that represents over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. It works to negotiate and enforce contracts that ensure fair wages, benefits, and working conditions for its members.

Related terms

Collective Bargaining: The process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights.

Union: An organization formed by workers in the same sector or industry to protect their rights and interests through collective action.

Labor Relations: The study and practice of managing unionized employment situations, including negotiations between unions and employers over wages, work rules, complaint procedures, rules governing hiring, firing, and promotion of workers, benefits, workplace safety, and policies