MUMBAI: The Regional Branch Division (RBD) board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has endorsed the creation of a single union to cover all performers.

The RBD board held its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. over the weekend.

The possibility of creating one union from the members of SAG and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has once again been inching back on to the entertainment labour agenda.

60 per cent of members in both unions must vote in favor in order to make the merger of SAG and AFTRA effective. While AFTRA‘s members have been favouring the merger, members of SAG have repeatedly defeated attempts to unite the organizations.

The RBD includes 20 branches from Boston to Hawaii.