Opposition to SAG–AFTRA merger Ed Asner

asner @ 2012 phoenix comicon

on march 30, 2012, screen actors guild (sag) , american federation of television , radio artists (aftra) completed merger of equals, forming new union sag-aftra. asner adamantly opposed such merger, arguing planned merger destroy sag s health plan , disempower actors. asner , group of fellow actors , voice-actors, including martin sheen , ed harris, filed (but later dropped) lawsuit against sag president ken howard , several sag vice presidents, seeking have merger overturned, , 2 unions separated pre-merger organizations. lawsuit formally dismissed on may 22, 2012.