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SAG-AFTRA National Board Unanimously Votes to Ratify Historic First Intimacy Coordinator Agreement
LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 20 -- The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2025:
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SAG-AFTRA National Board Unanimously Votes to Ratify Historic First Intimacy Coordinator Agreement
The SAG-AFTRA National Board convened today for a one-day video conference plenary and unanimously voted to ratify the tentative agreement for the intimacy coordinator contract, establishing the first-ever collective bargaining agreement covering intimacy coordinators working in scripted television, theatrical and streaming
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LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 20 -- The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2025:
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SAG-AFTRA National Board Unanimously Votes to Ratify Historic First Intimacy Coordinator Agreement
The SAG-AFTRA National Board convened today for a one-day video conference plenary and unanimously voted to ratify the tentative agreement for the intimacy coordinator contract, establishing the first-ever collective bargaining agreement covering intimacy coordinators working in scripted television, theatrical and streamingproductions. The agreement goes into effect Feb. 22, 2026 for new pictures and new seasons of series that commence principal photography after that date.
"This is a significant and long-awaited achievement for intimacy coordinators and for our union as a whole," said SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin. "These professionals deserve the same kind of protections and benefits that other workers in our industry enjoy, and a SAG-AFTRA contract will help create more stable, sustainable careers for them. This agreement recognizes their essential contributions and establishes a safer, more equitable future for both intimacy coordinators and the performers they support."
Organizing intimacy coordinators under the SAG-AFTRA umbrella is a natural evolution of the work the union has been doing to safely grow and standardize the profession for years, including the creation of Standards and Protocols for Use of Intimacy Coordinators on Set; Recommended Standards for Qualification, Training and Vetting of Intimacy Coordinators; and an accreditation system for intimacy coordinator training programs.
"Today's ratification affirms the vital work intimacy coordinators do every day to safeguard performers, foster trust on set, and support honest, powerful storytelling," said Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator. "This first contract recognizes their professionalism, expertise, and indispensable role in creating respectful and safe working environments. It is a meaningful acknowledgment of work that has too often been invisible, and which now takes its rightful place on stage."
Intimacy coordinators have already been recognized as essential partners on scenes involving nudity, simulated sex and other intimate work across many SAG-AFTRA contracts, including the TV/Theatrical Agreements, the Commercials Contract and the Network Code Contract.
Key gains in the landmark Intimacy Coordinator Agreement include:
- Contributions to and participation in the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, SAG-Producers Pension Plan, and AFTRA Retirement Fund for the first time on the same terms as found in the Codified Basic Agreement and Television Agreement.
- Guaranteed daily and weekly minimum rates that will increase annually at the same rate as the Codified Basic Agreement and Television Agreement.
- Overtime provisions for work in excess of 8 hours in a day and 40 hours in a week.
- Guaranteed access to final nudity/simulated sex riders, studio guidelines for nudity/simulated sex scenes, and visual access to the performance of such scenes.
- Additional protections including travel provisions and per diem when working at an overnight location, late payment liquidated damages, and meal breaks.
"This is a transformative step for our profession. A union contract provides stability, protections and a sustainable path forward for intimacy coordinators. We love this work and believe deeply in its importance, and this agreement helps ensure that those doing it can build long-term careers in a safe and supportive environment," said Intimacy Coordinator Negotiating Committee Chair Alicia Rodis.
An information meeting for intimacy coordinators will be held January 8, 2026.
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About SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.
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Original text here: https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-national-board-unanimously-votes-ratify-historic-first-intimacy-coordinator-agreement
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Nurses condemn escalating attacks on transgender patients and their health care providers
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 19 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Nurses condemn escalating attacks on transgender patients and their health care providers
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National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, today condemns recent moves by Washington policymakers to attack patients receiving gender-affirming care and the health care workers who provide it.
Nurses across the country reject new Trump Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans seeking to ban the provision of gender-affirming
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 19 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Nurses condemn escalating attacks on transgender patients and their health care providers
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National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, today condemns recent moves by Washington policymakers to attack patients receiving gender-affirming care and the health care workers who provide it.
Nurses across the country reject new Trump Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans seeking to ban the provision of gender-affirmingcare and to intimidate health care workers who care for trans patients.
"Secretary Robert Kennedy's leadership is once again leading us only further into junk science," said Mary Turner, RN and NNU president. "Nurses reject any political efforts to restrict any kind of evidence-based care we provide to our patients. This is more D.C. grandstanding that will ultimately hurt real people who are simply seeking medical care. Nurses know health care is a human right, and trans rights are human rights."
NNU applauds efforts already announced to challenge the new measures.
Nurses are increasingly concerned about the well-being of our most vulnerable patients. A new bill that recently passed the House of Representatives due to bipartisan support seeks to criminalize gender-affirming care for providers like nurses.
NNU nurses have demanded that hospital employers reject similar draconian measures as they have become increasingly common in recent years.
National Nurses United is the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States with more than 225,000 members nationwide. NNU affiliates include California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, DC Nurses Association, Michigan Nurses Association, Minnesota Nurses Association, and New York State Nurses Association.
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Original text here: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses-condemn-escalating-attacks-on-transgender-patients-and-their-health-care-providers
Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Nebraska's Dan Osborn for Election to the U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Nebraska's Dan Osborn for Election to the U.S. Senate
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AFGE says Osborn will stand with working people and support labor rights
LINCOLN, Neb. - The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Dan Osborn for election to the U.S. Senate representing Nebraska in the 2026 elections. The statewide primary is May 12, and the general election is Nov. 3.
Osborn is a Navy veteran, mechanic,
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Nebraska's Dan Osborn for Election to the U.S. Senate
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AFGE says Osborn will stand with working people and support labor rights
LINCOLN, Neb. - The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Dan Osborn for election to the U.S. Senate representing Nebraska in the 2026 elections. The statewide primary is May 12, and the general election is Nov. 3.
Osborn is a Navy veteran, mechanic,union leader, and lifelong advocate for working families. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy after graduating high school, spending four years in active duty before joining the Nebraska Army National Guard.
"As a Nebraskan and lifelong federal employee, I am proud to say that AFGE gives its full and complete endorsement to Dan Osborn for election to the United States Senate," AFGE District 8 National Vice President Ruark Hotopp said.
In 2004, Osborn began work as an industrial mechanic at the Kellogg's plant in Omaha. As president of the local union, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 50G, he led a successful strike against the company in 2021 - defeating efforts to slash employee benefits and guaranteeing the factory will remain open through 2026.
"Recently, Nebraska has endured plant closures, escalating attacks on the federal employees who serve our communities, harmful tariff battles, and the longest government shutdown in American history. That shutdown forced most federal employees in Nebraska to either work without pay or face furloughs, uncertain when or even if their next paycheck would come. We have also watched the steady dismantling of critical federal agricultural research programs. Nebraskans deserve a senator who puts working families first, not billionaires or corporate interests," Hotopp said.
"Dan Osborn has proven, on the picket line and across this state, that he will always stand with working people, including the federal employees who keep Nebraska running. He is a leader with a spine who will stand up to corporate greed and make sure federal employees, veterans, and working families finally have a real voice in Washington."
Nearly 10,000 federal employees live in Nebraska - caring for veterans, supporting the military, and getting Social Security recipients their benefits accurately and on time.
AFGE is the largest federal employee union in the country, representing more than 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers in all functions of government. AFGE represents nearly 43,000 federal employees in District 8, which includes Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
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Original text here: https://www.afge.org/link/8f6495998f374f59ac93dee83402f62e.aspx
Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Ceretta Smith for Election to Congress
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Ceretta Smith for Election to Congress
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AFGE says Smith is a prominent labor ally who values public service
RIVERDALE, Ga. The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Ceretta Smith for election to the U.S. House representing Georgia's 12 th Congressional District in the 2026 elections. The statewide primary is May 19, and the general election is Nov. 3.
Smith is a past president
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Ceretta Smith for Election to Congress
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AFGE says Smith is a prominent labor ally who values public service
RIVERDALE, Ga. The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Ceretta Smith for election to the U.S. House representing Georgia's 12 th Congressional District in the 2026 elections. The statewide primary is May 19, and the general election is Nov. 3.
Smith is a past presidentand current member of AFGE Local 2017 and also serves as the fair practices coordinator and women's coordinator for AFGE Council 172, which represents Defense Commissary Agency workers.
Smith is a proud U.S. Army veteran who served as a medic for nearly a decade before beginning a 24-year career in the federal government, AFGE District 5 National Vice President Tatishka Thomas said.
"Ceretta Smith has been praised for a career characterized by service and integrity. She never forgets the real reason to serve - and that's to serve the people," Thomas said. "She is a prominent figure in the labor movement, having held numerous leadership positions within AFGE, including president of the Georgia State Council. Endorsing organizations see her as a champion for working families and an advocate for federal employees and veterans. As a Grovetown City Council member and small business owner, she is viewed as someone who understands the needs of local communities and the importance of supporting small businesses. She will never forget who put her in office."
More than 81,000 federal employees live in Georgia - caring for veterans, supporting the military, and getting Social Security recipients their benefits accurately and on time.
AFGE is the largest federal employee union in the country, representing more than 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers in all functions of government. AFGE represents nearly 115,000 federal employees in District 5, which includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Original text here: https://www.afge.org/link/1c2aeda0a2de47ddbb3d196c9f68728c.aspx
Inflation comes in lower than expected in November
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news:
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Inflation comes in lower than expected in November
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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis over the 2 months from September 2025 to November 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Thursday. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.7% before seasonal adjustment. BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations.
"Credit unions have a unique vantage point
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news:
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Inflation comes in lower than expected in November
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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis over the 2 months from September 2025 to November 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Thursday. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.7% before seasonal adjustment. BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations.
"Credit unions have a unique vantage pointto see how their members are faring in times of economic uncertainty, and right now decreased inflation for housing is a welcome sign for consumers looking to stretch their budgets. Both Headline and core inflation came in lower than expected in November, with commodity prices excluding food and energy stabilizing and services declining relative to September," said America's Credit Unions Senior Economist Dawit Kebede. "Housing inflation, a major component of services, came in unusually low over the last two months, raising questions about accuracy and potential distortions in the estimates due to the lapse in appropriations - concerns that the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has also noted with caution. Despite these encouraging figures, market assessments of the probability of a January rate cut have remained largely unchanged following the report."
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Original text here: https://www.americascreditunions.org/news-media/news/inflation-comes-lower-expected-november
Guest Services Workers at Lumen Field Win Historic First Teamsters Contract
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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Guest Services Workers at Lumen Field Win Historic First Teamsters Contract
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(SEATTLE) - More than 500 guest services workers at Lumen Field, represented by Teamsters Local 117, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first union contract. The workers, employed by First & Goal, Inc., staff one of the marquee sporting venues in the country home to the Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Sounders, and Seattle Reign and a host site for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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Guest Services Workers at Lumen Field Win Historic First Teamsters Contract
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(SEATTLE) - More than 500 guest services workers at Lumen Field, represented by Teamsters Local 117, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first union contract. The workers, employed by First & Goal, Inc., staff one of the marquee sporting venues in the country home to the Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Sounders, and Seattle Reign and a host site for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
"After months ofhard-fought negotiations with Lumen Field management, our members voted overwhelmingly to approve a historic first contract that raises pay and delivers real protections," said Paul Dascher, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 117. "The next time you're at a Seahawks game, take a moment to congratulate the newest members of Teamsters 117."
Workers sought a voice with the Teamsters over a year ago, citing the need for clarity around scheduling, family wages, improved communication, and better overall working conditions.
For Tyrha Long, who has worked in guest services at the stadium for four years and served on the negotiating committee, new safety provisions in the contract, seniority rights, and higher wages were the most important issues.
"It's great having a voice with Teamsters," Long said. "I feel like I can stand up a lot more and have people behind me who are ready to take action."
Ron Spradley, a parking attendant on the negotiating team who has been at Lumen since 2022, was happy about the wage increases in the agreement and excited to become a Teamster.
"The Teamsters are a big union," Spradley said. "And that's important because it comes with more backing there's people power and more force in our union. Now, we're paid at some of the highest rates for parking in the country, plus we have a contract, and will get raises every year."
Teamsters Local 117 represents 17,000 men and women at 200 employers across Washington State. For more information, visit teamsters117.org.
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Original text here: https://teamster.org/2025/12/guest-services-workers-at-lumen-field-win-historic-first-teamsters-contract/
Credit union unity delivers real wins for members
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news:
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Credit union unity delivers real wins for members
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The success credit unions have seen this year highlights the power of the credit union difference and also the good things that happen when the movement comes together. America's Credit Unions Board Chair Patrick Pierce and American Association of Credit Union Leagues Board Chair John Bratsakis illustrated why this alignment is so powerful in an op-ed published Thursday.
"The cooperative principles that guide credit unionsmember
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news:
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Credit union unity delivers real wins for members
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The success credit unions have seen this year highlights the power of the credit union difference and also the good things that happen when the movement comes together. America's Credit Unions Board Chair Patrick Pierce and American Association of Credit Union Leagues Board Chair John Bratsakis illustrated why this alignment is so powerful in an op-ed published Thursday.
"The cooperative principles that guide credit unionsmemberownership, democratic participation, and commitment to communityaren't just ideals. They shape how decisions are made and how the system responds when it counts," they wrote. "When we stay grounded in those principles, we build trust, strengthen collaboration, and make progress that members can see and feel."
Pierce and Bratsakis add that "stronger together" isn't just a slogan, but a description of how each league and credit union has distinct challenges and needs while adding to the united voice that continues to get the attention of policymakers.
"The challenges ahead are real. Regulatory expectations are shifting. Competition is intensifying. Member needs continue to grow. But the credit union system is built for moments like this. When it stays aligned, speaks clearly, and invests in strong partnerships, it doesn't just protect what existsit creates new opportunities," they wrote. "That's how credit unions deliver real wins for members, practical solutions for policymakers, and lasting value for communities."
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Original text here: https://www.americascreditunions.org/news-media/news/credit-union-unity-delivers-real-wins-members
