SAG-AFTRA Mobilizes Against Telemundo Over Non-Union Stance
Source: Hollywood Reporter
by Jonathan Handel
Actors at the Spanish-language NBCUniversal unit don’t get health insurance, residuals or other benefits; those at English- language NBC do.
SAG-AFTRA, which has been quietly organizing over the last several months against NBCUniversal’s Telemundo unit, amped up the pressure on the non-union broadcaster Wednesday with the announcement of an advisory council of government officials and labor leaders in South Florida, where the company is based.
The initiative, dubbed #SAGAFTRAUNIDOS, seeks to end what the union blasted as “double-standard practices in Spanish-language television,” in which NBCUniversal has agreed to SAG-AFTRA contracts for English-language outlets such as NBC and other NBCUniversal properties but not for Telemundo.
Those contracts guarantee wage minimums, meal breaks, health insurance and residuals, among other benefits.
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