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Now that AFTRA and SAG have merged, what happens with… CONTRACTS – All contracts will remain in effect until SAG-AFTRA next negotiates with employers. Existing TV/Theatrical contracts remain in effect until 2014. PENSION AND HEALTH/HEALTH AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS – In the near-term, nothing changes with the health and retirement plans; members will accrue credits toward the plan in the same way they did before merger, and earned benefits when we need to, to bargain with our employers, to improve our wages, our working conditions, our residuals — the benefits that we all depend on. This is what it's all about." SAG-AFTRA Co-Secretary-Treasurer Matt Kimbrough said the lopsided results of the vote showed the strength of conviction members had about merging the two unions. "The overwhelming 'yes' vote is nothing do not change. However, the merger removes a major obstacle to eventually combining the plans. The plans are separate from SAG and AFTRA, and the decision will ultimately be up to the plans' trustees. MEMBERSHIP – All AFTRA and SAG members are now members of SAG-AFTRA. LEADERSHIP – Upon merger, AFTRA National President Roberta Reardon and SAG National President Ken Howard became co-presidents of SAG-AFTRA. Prior to the first convention in the summer of 2013, elections will be held and the first president will be elected. job I'm going to do to make this happen — and they did it. Everybody stepped up," she said. In July 2010, Reardon and Howard, as presidents of AFTRA and SAG REGIONAL OFFICES – Former SAG Branches and former AFTRA Locals are now Locals of SAG-AFTRA, and in areas where both exist, they are now combined. STAFF – The staff of SAG and AFTRA will be integrated. GLOBAL RULE ONE AND THE NO CONTRACT/NO WORK RULE – AFTRA's No Contract/No Work Rule will continue to apply in areas that were within AFTRA's traditional jurisdiction, and SAG's Global Rule One will continue to apply in the areas of SAG's traditional jurisdiction for all members of SAG-AFTRA. For more information, visit SAGAFTRA.org/faqs respectively, created the Presidents' Forum for One Union to facilitate focused and informed discussions between leaders of the two unions and their less than a mandate. We want members to know we have heard you and we're moving forward, from a position of strength, to focus our energy on organizing to help create more work opportunities for all members." SAG-AFTRA Co-Secretary-Treasurer Amy Aquino credited the success of the campaign to all those members who volunteered their time. "This was a complete team effort. These unbelievably busy people said, 'This is the members to establish a common vision for a single, new national union. nationwide Listening Tour, in which Howard and Reardon traveled to cities across the country to connect with members and solicit their feedback for a possible merger. They received an overwhelmingly positive response. In June 2011, elected member The forum included a Third Time's the Charm: THE ROAD TO MERGER cont'd National Labor College in Silver Spring, Md. The two groups formally created the Group for One Union (G1) to facilitate the creation of a successor union to represent all of the members of AFTRA and SAG. The G1 established a series of workgroups to discuss six key areas that rank-and-file 30 SAG-AFTRA | Summer 2012 | SAGAFTRA.org members identified as important during the SAG and AFTRA Presidents' Forum for One Union nationwide Listening Tour. The six workgroups established were Governance & Structure; Finance & Dues; Collective Bargaining; Pension, Health & Retirement; Operations & Staff; and Member Education & Outreach. Following the initial meeting of the Group for One Union in June, the six G1 workgroups began a series of meetings to develop recommendations to be considered by the full Group for One Union. The workgroups meetings continued through 2011 and resulted in comprehensive proposals reviewed by the G1. as G1 — which subsequently created workgroups to focus on key areas such as governance, collective bargaining and operations for the proposed new union. In late January, the national boards of AFTRA and SAG voted to send the merger package to members for ratification. leaders from both unions formed the Group for One Union — known HAWAII LOCAL