Intimacy Coordinators Vote To Organize With SAG-AFTRA

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Intimacy coordinators have said a resounding “yes” to being represented by SAG-AFTRA. The group voted unanimously to organize with the guild in a National Labor Relations Board election, in hopes that the union will represent them in any dealings with the major studios, SAG-AFTRA announced Tuesday.

The next step will be negotiating the group’s first contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. “In these sobering times with looming threats to environmental protections and women’s equality, it is refreshing to see the entertainment industry’s recognition of intimacy coordinators and their important contribution to productions and to performers in intimate scenes,” SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said in a statement. “We at SAG-AFTRA are proud to include this esteemed group of trained professionals as the newest to join our member body.

May this continue to carve the path of elevated consideration for the feelings of safety for people and planet.” SAG-AFTRA has been working with intimacy coordinators for many years, given their close working relationship with actors.

In 2022, SAG-AFTRA passed a resolution to create a path toward offering membership to intimacy coordinators, and this appears to be that plan in action.