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SAG contract requirements include items such as contributions by producers to the union’s health and pension fund, minimum guaranteed pay rates, residual payments when work is a rerun, and safety and health provisions. SAG estimates that 1,500 of its actors work in foreign productions each year and there is a growing trend to shoot film and TV shows outside of the United States. Producers complain that the union is exceeding the reach of its contract without negotiating at the bargaining table.