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The rat really raked it in — for a good cause.

SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity have settled a bitter jurisdictional dispute over which should cover the streaming of live events.

Leaders of SAG-AFTRA are in a bitter jurisdictional battle with Actors' Equity over which union should cover the taping of live events.

Actors’ Equity Association has thrown its support behind Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, marking only the second time in the trade union’s history that it has made a political endorsement.

Before Krysta White heads to her job as an attraction host at the Animal Kingdom Park in Orlando, Fla., she takes her temperature at home. The 32-year-old makes sure she’s feeling well, checking against a list of symptoms — coughing, shortness of breath, muscle pain, sore throat, nausea, diarrhea or vomiting — that would prohibit her from going to work.

When Broadway re-opens, it will do so without a certain snow queen.

The House of Representatives passed the $2 trillion stimulus package on Friday, even as lawmakers said another rescue package would be needed.

Actors' Equity, SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America East, and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees have jointly joined a pledge to combat workplace harassment.

The union kicked off its campaign with the website EveryoneOnStage.com, which includes a petition of support that visitors to the site can sign.