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06.12.2023 - 06:53 / variety.com
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SAG-AFTRA members have voted to ratify their contract, officially ending the longest labor battle in Hollywood history. The contract was approved with 78% voting in favor. Turnout was 38%.
“This contract is an enormous victory for working performers, and it marks the dawning of a new era for the industry,” Fran Drescher, the union’s president, said in a message to the membership. SAG-AFTRA suspended its 118-day strike against the major studios on Nov. 8, after reaching a tentative agreement.
The agreement still had to be ratified to formally end the walkout. Had the membership voted it down, the strike likely would have resumed. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the studios in bargaining, issued a statement applauding the vote.
“The AMPTP member companies congratulate SAG-AFTRA on the ratification of its new contract, which represents historic gains and protections for performers,” an AMPTP spokesperson said. “With this vote, the industry and the jobs it supports will be able to return in full force.” The deal provides a 7% increase in minimum rates in the first year of the contract and a $40 million residual bonus for actors on streaming shows. The deal also provides the first-ever protections against the use of artificial intelligence to replicate performances.
Under the agreement, actors must consent to being replicated, and the intended use of the AI performance must be spelled out in “reasonably specific” terms. For some actors, the language did not go far enough to allay their fears of being replaced by AI. The contract does not prohibit studios from training AI on actors’ images to create “synthetic” performers who bear no resemblance to any
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officially ending the strike that began in July. The striking actors reached a tentative deal with film studios last month.“In national voting completed today, members of SAG-AFTRA ratified the 2023 TV/Theatrical Agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP),” a press release from the union stated.
Hollywood’s long strike season is over and the town can finally get back to work without the specter of any more labor action, for now.
SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher told Variety minutes after the union disclosed the ratification vote tally that sealed the deal on its hard-fought new three-year contract. Drescher and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s union’s national executive director and chief negotiator, took a moment to reflect Tuesday evening on the winding road that led the union to wage its first strike in more than 40 years, as well as the high-stakes negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and studio chiefs that produced the deal. For nearly four months, SAG-AFTRA’s indefatigable duo were the face of the 118-day strike by the union’s 160,000 members.
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Cynthia Littleton Business Editor SAG-AFTRA has released the full 128-page contract that ended the actors strike on Nov. 8, with union leaders urging members to vote yes on the deal by the Dec. 5 ratification deadline.
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