National Board votes Casting professionals cannot hold office within SAG-AFTRA

DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD (David Robb) reports...,

"Casting professionals who are also actors have been banned from running for elected office at SAG-AFTRA...." 

"The ruling came down today (April 17, 2021) at a meeting of the union’s national board of directors...." 

"Deemed - management - casting professionals are now also barred from serving as members of SAG-AFTRA negotiating committees, and as delegates to the union’s biennial conventions...."

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