Who We Are Nationally, AFTRA represents more than 80,000 professional actors, news broadcasters and writers, announcers, vocalists, and others who work in the fields of television, radio, sound recordings, and industrial productions. SAG represents over 98,000 professional actors who work in film, television, industrial productions, and infomercials. The Washington-Baltimore Local of AFTRA was chartered on December 5, 1940, making us one of the first AFTRA Locals in the country. (This was before television, so it was called AFRA back then.) We have approximately 2,600 active AFTRA members. Our SAG Branch was chartered on August 1, 1978 and has 2,325 active SAG members.

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