Actors’ Equity Denies Asking SAG-AFTRA For “Waiver” In Ongoing Jurisdictional Dispute
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deadline.comDavid Robb Labor EditorAs the long-simmering jurisdictional dispute between Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA continues to unfold in public, Equity executive director Mary McColl today disputed SAG-AFTRA’s claim that Equity had asked for a “waiver” to represent actors who perform in taped stage presentations during the pandemic – a jurisdiction SAG-AFTRA has long claimed as its own.Yesterday, SAG-AFTRA said that “It is unconscionable for Equity staff to accuse SAG-AFTRA of disrupting relationships and leaving workers behind when we are offering the very waiver Equity’s leadership asked us to grant them.
They never would have requested a waiver if they did not clearly understand and recognize our jurisdiction in this area.” “That is false,”.
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