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During its one-day video conference plenary on Saturday, the SAG-AFTRA National Board announced that it has overwhelmingly voted to approve the tentative agreement the union, which represents professional actors, reached earlier this month with the major broadcast networks and other producers for the 2025 Network Television Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting (Network Television Code).

The agreement, which covers work on a wide range of live and recorded programs including soap operas, talk shows, variety shows, award shows and sports, will now be sent to the membership for ratification.

Current programs covered by the contract include “Good Morning America,” “The Price is Right,” “The Young and the Restless,” “Beyond the Gates,” “Jeopardy!” “Saturday Night Live,” “The Voice,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” “General Hospital,” “Days of our Lives,” “The Bold and the Beautiful,” the Academy Awards and the Super Bowl, among others.

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SAG-AFTRA members have ratified the 2025 Interactive Media Agreement by an overwhelming majority, signifying an official conclusion to the nearly yearlong video game strike that first began in July of last year.

With a vote of over 95% in favor, the deal’s approval followed last month’s tentative agreement with major video game companies, which then marked the suspension of the strike.

The new contract — made in partnership with Activision Productions Inc., Blindlight LLC, Disney Character Voices Inc., Electronic Arts Productions Inc., Formosa Interactive LLC, Insomniac Games Inc., Llama Productions LLC, Take 2 Productions Inc. and WB Games Inc. — will go into effect immediately.

The agreement provides compounded increases in performer compensation at a rate of 15.17%, plus additional 3% increases in Novembers 2025, 2026 and 2027. The overtime rate maximum for overscale performers will now also be based on double scale. The health & retirement contribution rates to the AFTRA Retirement Fund will now be raised from...

In an agreement that could eventually mark the end of a nearly yearlong strike, SAG-AFTRA and major video game companies have reached a tentative deal on a contract agreement.

The performers’ union announced the provisional deal on Monday night without getting into specifics on the terms of the agreement. The work stoppage against video game firms will continue until the terms of a strike suspension agreement have been fully hammered out, the union stated.

With the strike, the union took a stand against proposed AI terms that leaders claimed would have allowed companies to undercut members and their position in the workplace.

SAG-AFTRA national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said in a statement on Monday night that the deal indeed “puts in place the necessary A.I. guardrails that defend performers’ livelihoods in the A.I. age, alongside other important gains,” though no specific terms were shared.

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After more than 10 months on strike, SAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative deal with the major video game companies.

Specific terms of the new Interactive Media Agreement, which the union announced late Monday night, were not immediately available.

Despite the announcement, the union also made clear that members are not back to work quite yet. SAG-AFTRA says it expects to finalize a strike suspension agreement with the employers “soon,” but the work stoppage continues until then.

Now, the National Board will consider the deal before it is put to a ratification vote with the membership.

“Everyone at SAG-AFTRA is immensely grateful for the sacrifices made by video game performers and the dedication of the Interactive Media Agreement Negotiating Committee throughout these many months of the video game strike,” SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said in a statement. “Patience and persistence has resulted in a deal that puts in place the necessary A.

There’s still no new deal, but talks between SAG-AFTRA and the major video game companies have been extended with new dates to be announced soon.

In the meantime, the guild’s strike against all Interactive Media Agreement signatory companies remains in effect.

“After three days of scheduled negotiations, SAG-AFTRA announced that Interactive Media Agreement negotiations with employers would continue, with new dates to be announced as soon as they are confirmed,” the guild said in a statement Saturday morning.

The two sides resumed talks on Oct. 23, almost exactly three months after the strike began. Among the participating video game companies are Activision Productions Inc., Blindlight LLC, Disney Character Voices Inc., Electronic Arts Productions Inc., Formosa Interactive LLC, Insomniac Games Inc., Llama Productions LLC, Take 2 Productions Inc., and WB Games Inc. on Oct. 23.

When the strike was declared in July, performers had been working on video games without a contract...

SAG-AFTRA and a coalition of video game companies have extended negotiations after returning to talks for three days but failing to reach a deal.

The union announced the decision on Saturday, adding that dates were not yet set and would later be announced. Meanwhile, the union’s strike against employers signed to its Interactive Media Agreement -— which is nearing its 100-day mark — continues.

“With tentative agreements on 24 out of 25 proposals, we are optimistic about reaching a final agreement soon as negotiations continue,” a representative for the companies told The Hollywood Reporter.

The union’s performers have been striking Activision Productions Inc., Disney Character Voices Inc., Electronic Arts Productions Inc., Insomniac Games Inc., Take 2 Productions Inc., WB Games Inc., Blindlight LLC, Formosa Interactive LLC and Llama Productions LLC since July 26 as the labor group has clashed with the employers over AI provisions in its contract.

The two sides returned to...

SAG-AFTRA video game actors will mark the start of the fourth week since declaring a strike with a picket line against Disney on Thursday, Aug. 15.

Participants will demonstrate outside Disney Character Voices, located at 2600 W. Olive Avenue in Burbank (91505), from 9:00 a.m. to noon. There are parking structures located nearby on Frederick, as well as 2-hour street parking available in various nearby locations.

The picket line will be attended by Interactive Media Agreement Negotiating Committee chair Sarah Elmaleh and committee members Andi Norris, Seth Allyn Austin as well as SAG-AFTRA leadership including National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland. Other SAG-AFTRA members, labor allies and video game fans are expected as well.

The guild’s video game performers went on strike against the major video game developers covered under the Interactive Media Agreement at Midnight on July 26. As was the case in 2023 with the simultaneous Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes, negotiators...

One down, and more to come.

That’s the word from SAG-AFTRA and studio Ceos after meeting officially Monday for the first time since the 160,000-strong guild went out of strike on July 14 – they plan to do it again.

“SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP met for a full day bargaining session and have concluded. Negotiations will resume Wednesday, October 4,” the two sides said this evening in a joint statement, reminiscent of the communication sent out from the WGA and the studios in their successful final round of negotiations last month.

Like today, the Wednesday meeting is being held at SAG-AFTRA’s Wilshire HQ and the CEO Gang of Four — NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley, Warner Bros Discovery’s David Zaslav, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos and Disney’s Bob Iger — are expected to be in attendance with Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers president Carol Lombardini. Hosts SAG-AFTRA is represented by a...

Back at the bargaining table Monday for the first time in more than two and a half months, SAG-AFTRA and the Hollywood studios and streamers have a long way to go to make a deal – even with the momentum gained by the end of the writers’ strike.

“No one is going into this overly confident or assuming it’s going to be easier because the writers have made their deal,” a well-positioned guild member told Deadline of the renewed talks, which we exclusively revealed last week.

“Let’s be cautious, there is some serious ‘wait and see’ here,” the SAG-AFTRA member added. “Wait and see what they bring new to the table, what they are willing to reconsider. Wait and see if they have really changed their tune or if this is the old AMPTP back in the room.”

Following the expiration of their contract June 30 and a nearly two-week extension in negotiations,...

Exclusive: The computers are taking over.

As talks between the actors union and the studios come to down to the final days before the extension of SAG-AFTRA’s current contract expires, artificial intelligence has become a significant obstacle to any deal.

“There seems to be no real negotiations here,” a SAG-AFTRA member close to talks tells Deadline on AI talks with the AMPTP. “Actors see Black Mirror’s ‘Joan Is Awful’ as a documentary of the future, with their likenesses sold off and used any way producers and studios want.” The union member is referring to the opening episode of the latest season of the Charlie Brooker-created satire starring Salma Hayek and Annie Murphy. “We want a solid pathway. The studios countered with ‘trust us’ – we don’t.”

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Just like the striking WGA before it, the Fran Drescher-led 160,000-strong...

The national board of SAG-AFTRA approved a new agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on Saturday, which will limit exclusivity in television actors’ contracts. The vote was almost unanimous, with 95.5 in favor of the measure.

The new deal will markedly cut down the time that contracts can hold series regulars back from working on other projects simultaneously and will apply to all work under contracts entered into on or after Jan. 1, 2023.

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Among the key improvements to exclusivity rules for all series regulars:

Creation of a “conflict-free window” of at least three months during each season in which performers may accept a permitted appearance on another show or network without first confirming availability and potential scheduling. This “conflict-free window” is not mandatory where the filming schedule between seasons is less than 4 months.

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The SAG-AFTRA National Board has approved a new agreement on exclusivity terms with the major studios, the union announced Saturday.

Over 95 percent of votes supported the deal, while a little over 4 percent opposed it, the union said. The overall “yes” vote means the terms will go into effect on contracts struck starting in 2023; union members do not have to vote to ratify the language. The decision arrives five days after the union reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which bargains on behalf of major entertainment companies, on the terms on Aug. 15 after about a month of negotiations.

“This negotiation reflects a healthier collaboration between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP in the interdependent relationship we share. The AMPTP was motivated to come to the table and improve a contract that has hindered our members for years,” SAG-AFTRA...

SAG-AFTRA‘s national board voted overwhelmingly today to approve a new agreement with the AMPTP that will sharply limit exclusivity terms in actors’ personal service agreements that hold series regulars off the market and unable to work for unreasonably long periods of time. The vote was 95.5 in favor, 4.5 opposed, and does not require membership ratification as this was a mid-term modification of the guild’s existing film and TV contract.

It’s a major victory for the guild, which has been trying to curtail the practice for more than a decade. SAG-AFTRA officials say the breakthrough was made possible by the guild’s lobbying efforts on behalf of a bill they sponsored in the California legislature that would curtail exclusivity provisions. That bill, Ab 437 – dubbed the Let Actors Work (Law) Act – was moving close to passage by the full legislature but is now expected to be withdrawn in light of...

SAG-AFTRA announced on Wednesday that its national board has approved a tentative agreement for a new Network Television Code, which covers nearly all non-primetime and all non-dramatic primetime television broadcasts as well as digital media.

The contract, which generates over 200 million in covered earnings for SAG-AFTRA members, was approved with 84 of the vote and now heads to the actors guild membership for a ratification vote. Guild president Fran Drescher highlighted the contract’s new protections for actors involved in nude or intimate scenes, continuing SAG-AFTRA’s work to combat sexual harassment on sets with various initiatives including the creation of an intimacy coordinator registry.

This contract exemplifies why unions are essential for labor. Thanks to the strength of SAG-AFTRA, which fought for the substantial gains acquired through this negotiation, many will benefit. The biggest beneficiaries being dancers, stand-ins and promotional announcers,” Drescher said in a statement. “But, also in the...

SAG-AFTRA’s national board has voted overwhelmingly (84.54 to 15.46) to approve a tentative new agreement for its Network Television Code, which was recently negotiated with the major television broadcast networks and other producers. It will now be sent to SAG-AFTRA members for ratification.

The contract generates more than 200 million a year in covered earnings for members working on nearly all non-primetime and all non-dramatic primetime television, as well as digital media. Covered programs include morning news shows, talk shows, soap operas, variety, reality, game shows, sports and promotional announcements. Current programs covered include Good Morning America, Tamron Hall, The Young and the Restless, Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live, The Voice, So You Think You Can Dance, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the Academy Awards and the Super Bowl.

“This contract exemplifies why unions are essential for labor,” said SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher. “Thanks to the strength of SAG-AFTRA, which fought for...

Updated number of picketers: More than 250 SAG-AFTRA members and their supporters took to the picket line today outside the Playa Vista, CA, offices of Electronic Arts in the first job action of the union’s four-day-old strike against the video game industry. Peaceful and joyous in solidarity, they carried “On Strike!” signs and chanted sing-song slogans: “Hey, hey, shut it down, LA is a union town!”

“We are willing to stay out as long as it takes – not only the performers, but the union itself,” SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris told Deadline from the picket line.

“What do we want?” the picketers around her shouted. “A fair contract! When do we want it? Now!”

In a show of solidarity, representatives from the WGA, the Musicians Union, IATSE and the Teamsters took up signs and joined the picket line. “We support our brothers and sisters at SAG-AFTRA, and we’re here to walk in solidarity with them,...

A month after its SAG-AFTRA’s national board of directors approved a new TV commercials contract, the union’s members voted overwhelmingly today to ratify it. The count was 92.3% in favor of the new deal with the ad industry that generates about $1.1 billion annually for actors, extras and voice-over artists. Retroactive to March 31, the new pact runs through March 31, 2019.

The union says that the new deal includes over $200 million in wage increases and other payments. This includes an immediate 7% hike in minimums, an additional 6% increase in national cable use fees, pay raises for ads used on the Internet and new media ranging from 6.25% to 16.7% on top of the general increase and a 1.2% increase to the union’s pension and health plans.

“The commercials contracts help protect the working conditions, livelihood and pension, health and retirement benefits of thousands of our members,” SAG-AFTRA president and negotiating committee co-chair Gabrielle Carteris said in a statement.