EXCLUSIVE: Former SAG-AFTRA national secretary-treasurer Jane Austin, who finished third in the union’s presidential election two years ago, is throwing her support this time to presidential candidate Matthew Modine and his running mate Joely Fisher, who’s running for secretary-treasurer.SAG-AFTRA has two main political factions – the Unite for Strength ruling party (and its USAN affiliate on the East Coast), which have been headed by SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris – and the Membership First opposition party, which is headed by Modine.
But in 2019, when Austin ran for president as an independent candidate, she came in third with 5,048 votes, behind Carteris with 13,537 votes and Modine with 10,682 votes – splitting the opposition
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