LOS ANGELES (Jan. 28, 2012) - The National Board of
Directors of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists,
AFL-CIO - a national union of more than 70,000 actors, broadcasters,
singers, dancers, recording artist and other performers who work across
the spectrum of media industries including television, radio, cable,
sound recordings and digital media - today voted overwhelmingly to
approve and recommend to the AFTRA membership a plan to merge with
Screen Actors Guild.

The National Board met in a regularly scheduled meeting via
videoconference in New York and Los Angeles to vote on the merger
package put forward by the AFTRA and SAG Group for One Union (G1), which
includes a Merger Agreement, Constitution and Dues Structure...