{"id":11403,"date":"2021-01-20T13:29:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T11:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=11403"},"modified":"2021-01-20T13:31:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T11:31:06","slug":"sag-aftra-national-board-orders-disciplinary-hearing-for-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/01\/20\/sag-aftra-national-board-orders-disciplinary-hearing-for-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"SAG-AFTRA National Board Orders Disciplinary Hearing For Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In a special session today, SAG-AFTRA\u2019s National Board voted overwhelmingly to find probable cause of a violation of SAG-AFTRA\u2019s Constitution by member Donald J. Trump, and ordered the matter to be heard by SAG-AFTRA\u2019s Disciplinary Committee as required by the SAG-AFTRA Constitution. If found guilty by the committee, possible penalties include reprimand, censure, fines, suspension from the rights and privileges of membership, or expulsion from membership in SAG-AFTRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board acted on charges initiated by National Executive Director David White at the request of President Gabrielle Carteris. The charges specifically cite Trump\u2019s role in inciting the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, and in sustaining a reckless campaign of misinformation aimed at discrediting and ultimately threatening the safety of journalists, many of whom are SAG-AFTRA members. The charges request the imposition of the most severe penalty available to SAG-AFTRA: expulsion from membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump attacked the values that this union holds most sacred \u2013 democracy, truth, respect for our fellow Americans of all races and faiths, and the sanctity of the free press,\u201d said Carteris. \u201cThere\u2019s a straight line from his wanton disregard for the truth to the attacks on journalists perpetrated by his followers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur most important role as a union is the protection of our members. The unfortunate truth is, this individual\u2019s words and actions over the past four years have presented actual harm to our broadcast journalist members,\u201d said SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director David White. \u201cThe board\u2019s resolution addresses this effort to undermine freedom of the press and reaffirms the principles on which our democratic society rests, and which we must all work to protect and preserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In accordance with federal labor law and the SAG-AFTRA Constitution, disciplinary action can only be taken if the charged member is found guilty after a hearing before the Disciplinary Committee. Members of the Disciplinary Committee did not participate in the National Board\u2019s constitutionally-mandated probable cause review. As charging parties, neither Carteris nor White will take any role in decision making on this disciplinary matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAG-AFTRA represents thousands of broadcast journalists across the country, and reports of intimidation and physical assaults have escalated throughout Trump\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a special session today, SAG-AFTRA\u2019s National Board voted overwhelmingly to find probable cause of a violation of SAG-AFTRA\u2019s Constitution by member Donald J. Trump, and ordered the matter to be heard by SAG-AFTRA\u2019s Disciplinary Committee as required by the SAG-AFTRA Constitution. If found guilty by the committee, possible penalties include reprimand, censure, fines, suspension… Continue reading SAG-AFTRA National Board Orders Disciplinary Hearing For Donald Trump<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[116],"class_list":["post-11403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sag","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}