SAG-AFTRA Suspends Access To Local Offices To Prevent Coronavirus Exposure
SAG-AFTRA has suspended entry to its native’s workplaces in cities throughout the nation to forestall publicity to the coronavirus, together with workplaces in Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle, Dallas-Fort Value, Houston-Austin and New England.
Similar notices posted on the union’s web site say that “The protection of our members and employees stays paramount. To reduce the chance of publicity to COVID-19, efficient instantly, entry to the (affected locals) is suspended till additional discover. All core providers are totally purposeful and operations proceed by phone, e mail and digital communication… We apologize for any inconvenience this may increasingly trigger.”
Final week, SAG-AFTRA cancelled, postponed or re-configured all nationwide and native in-person conferences and stated it won’t reschedule any new nationwide group conferences within the speedy future “to assist scale back the potential of potential publicity or transmission by means of journey and attendance at face-to-face conferences.”
At the moment, SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris and nationwide government director David White stated that “This can be a dynamic and fast-changing state of affairs. We’re carefully monitoring public well being advisories and can proceed to work with member leaders, employees, employers and neighborhood companions to supply updates as situations evolve.” Additionally they stated that the union’s native presidents “unanimously agreed to cancel, postpone or reschedule nonessential face-to-face conferences in all locals throughout the nation till additional discover. This consists of membership, board and committee conferences, in addition to native instructional workshops, panels, mixers, conservatory and movie society occasions.”
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