The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) was a performers' union that represented a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists (both royalty artists and background singers), promo and voice-over announcers and other performers in commercials, stunt persons and specialty acts - as the organisation itself publicly states, "AFTRA's membership includes an array of talent". With the information presently available, the union can lay claim to 65,182 members throughout the United States (with a figure of 131 000 quoted in early 2012). On March 30, 2012, it was announced that the members of AFTRA and of SAG had voted to merge and that the name of the new organization is SAG-AFTRA
AFTRA is located at 5757 Wilshire Blvd, 7th Floor, Los Angeles, California. There are also offices in New York City, Chicago, and several other American cities. The federation as a whole has 804 employees and total assets worth $30,403,661.00. AFTRA works in the interests of its members, primarily in the areas of contract negotiation and enforcement, advocacy (including lobbying, legislation and public policy issues) and member benefits such as employer-paid health plans. AFTRA is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, the International Federation of Journalists and the International Federation of Actors. AFTRA also shares jurisdiction of radio, television, Internet and other new media with its sister union SAG, whilst the latter is the body solely responsible for motion picture performances.
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