Act as One

Check the backside of your Screen Actors Guild membership card, and you'll see the most important rule to which SAG members must abide. Rule One states that no member shall work for or agree to work for a producer who is not signatory to the appropriate SAG agreement. Starting January 1, 2009 Rule One will be vigorously enforced in new media.

New media means the Internet, cell phones, PDA's and any other technology that may be invented in the future. That means that every time you work on a project intended for new media, you need to be covered by a union contract. Being covered by a SAG contract right from the start is a good thing because in new media, you never know where you'll find an audience or how successful a project may become.

On this page you'll find information about the SAG New Media Agreement and the opportunities and protections it provides to SAG members as well as general information about new media in general. You'll also find articles and ads that have appeared recently in Guild publications and in the Trades discussing why the Rule and the contract are so important.

We can provide more information and answer your specific questions at organizingnewmedia@sag.org or (323) 549-6777

The 2002 worldwide expansion of Rule 1, now know as Global Rule One, produced nearly $500 million in SAG member earnings and $23 million in contributions to SAG pension and health funds. When actors stick together, we all win. Setting standards in new media will be challenging and can only be accomplished with member solidarity.

Act as One!