Welcome to Seattle!

AFTRA is a lot like a large, diverse family - actors, singers, stunt performers and broadcast journalists drawn together in a common purpose. Nowhere is that more true than in the Seattle Local, where well-known faces and voices from TV  and radio news work with video performers, voice artists and singers to protect one another's interests in the increasingly complex and integrated media world. 

Our local has become a national leader within AFTRA in the protection of the right of journalists to do their jobs, without the interference of governments and others who would profit from restricting the public's right to know. We've been leaders in opposing the consolidation of media ownership because we know that citizens of a free society absolutely require a diversity of perspectives on the events that impact their lives.

And we're also leaders in the national battle to discourage actors and others from doing non-union work, which deprives the individual of the contributions needed to provide medical and retirement benefits. We know that succumbing to the lure of a quick but inferior pay check erodes the well-being of all performers. The race to the bottom hurts everyone.

So, welcome to Seattle AFTRA. Watch for our regular e-newsletters and e-flashes, and for a variety of new media platforms that we'll be using to keep you up to date on what we're doing. If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask. 

This is our union, and we're all in this together.

• ARCHIVE & USEFUL LINKS
• 2011 AFTRA National Convention
• Seattle News
• Seattle Events
• NW Regional Code 2009-2012
• SEATTLE FRANCHISED AGENTS
• AFTRA SEATTLE: We Remember