SAG/AFTRA BACKGROUND INFO
Netflix and SAG/AFTRA have partnered to allow Ransom Canyon to hire SAG/AFTRA members to work as background actors.
We are tasked with hiring 10 SAG/AFTRA actors anytime we are within the zone, a 30-mile circle emanating from ABQ City Hall.
*** If we are unable to find existing SAG/AFTR members who are willing to work, we are allowed to hire non-union background and pay them on a union voucher. This process is also called a Taft Hartley.
The pay rate for a union BG is $208/8. You are allowed to work on a union voucher 3 times before you become a ‘must join’. If you are hired to work a 4th time on a union voucher, you are required to join the union at a rate of $1125. This fee is for members in NM.
You have 30 days to join the union after your 3rd union voucher.
This a very brief description of the process.
More info to come. You can also learn about membership on this site: