SAG-AFTRA Members Ratify Film-Television Contract

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Dave McNary Film ReporterSAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a three-year deal covering TV animation.The deal, announced on Monday, covers animated programs produced for television, including network TV, basic cable and streaming platforms.The new three-year agreement, which will need to be approved by the SAG-AFTRA executive committee, will apply retroactively to July 1 and extend through June 30, 2023.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorSAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have struck a tentative deal for new three-year animation contracts.

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David Robb Labor EditorWGA members have voted overwhelmingly to ratify their new film and TV contract, voting 4,068 to 87 (98% to 2%) to approve the deal.Guild leaders say that gains in the new pact are valued at more than $200 million over three years, including a 46% increase in residuals from high-budget streaming shows, additional funding for the guild’s pension plan and parental leave.

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approved by its members Wednesday night, saying that “there is more work to be done to ensure safety on sets and across the industry.”Time’s Up shockingly asked SAG-AFTRA members to vote “no” on the contract, saying that the agreement did not go far enough in providing protections for actors performing nudity or simulated sex.“The newly ratified 2020 SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Agreement only reinforces what we already knew to be true – there is more work to be done to ensure safety on sets and

David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA members have ratified their new film and TV contract, voting 74.2% to 25.8% to approve the three-year deal, with a turnout of 27.15% of the union’s 145,000 voting members.The vote, which was widely viewed as a referendum on the guild’s leadership, is a major victory for president Gabrielle Carteris and national executive director David White, who touted the deal’s “record-breaking” $318 million in gains.

including Time’s Up and the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles local board which voted 29-13 against recommending the contract — say that it needs stricter language on who is allowed on set and greater protections for background actors involved in nude scenes.Also Read: Time's Up Urges SAG-AFTRA Members to Vote Against Proposed Studio Contract“While we support TIME’S UP for their unique contributions to a cause in which we all believe, we completely disagree with their assumption that they have either the

David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA national executive director David White said today that the union came close to calling for a strike in order to secure greater protections for performers involved in nude scenes and simulated sex. The union reached a deal with management’s AMPTP in the early morning hours of June 11 – but just barely.

Dave McNary Film ReporterTime’s Up is urging SAG-AFTRA members to oppose the proposed successor deal on its master contract, provoking an accusation by the union of unwarranted interference.Balloting on the deal, reached last month between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, concludes Wednesday at 5 p.m.

David Robb Labor EditorThe Time’s Up Foundation has weighed in on the new SAG-AFTRA contract, urging a “no vote” on the pact, for which ratification ballots will be counted on Wednesday.“Creating safe, dignified, and equitable workplaces in an industry where nudity and intimacy are often part of the work is challenging, but not insurmountable,” the foundation said in a statement.

proposed studio contract that details new rules to protect actors participating in nude and simulated sex scenes.“I’m absolutely voting no,” Longoria told TheWrap at this year’s BE Conference.

Also Read: Time's Up Urges SAG-AFTRA Members to Vote Against Proposed Studio ContractWhile Time’s Up acknowledged this progress, the organization still feels that the contract does not go far enough.

David Robb Labor EditorThe national board of SAG-AFTRA on Monday reprimanded Los Angeles Local president Patricia Richardson for refusing to remove a member of the local’s Sexual Harassment Committee, even though the board says she had received “detailed complaints from women who had been subject to or witness to sexual harassment, abuse and assault” by the committee member.The board resolution does not identify the committee member, but Deadline has learned from multiple sources that it’s actor

David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA has told its members that they can’t work on two more films because their producers have “failed to comply with SAG-AFTRA’s required COVID-19 safety standards and protocols for a safe set.” One of the films is Macbeth, an adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy by Toil and Trouble Productions LLC; the other is Retaliator, from a company called Retaliators LLC.“As such,” the union said in identical “Do Not Work” notices, “SAG-AFTRA members are hereby instructed to

David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris is asking her members to urge Congress to expand the federal COBRA healthcare subsidy for workers who lost their jobs during the pandemic and are in danger of losing their health coverage.“It is time that Congress pass the next federal relief package to protect the American worker from the economic consequences of the COVID-19 public health crisis,” she said tonight in a message to her members.