SAG-AFTRA
members
walk
the
picket
line
on
the
100th
day
of
their
ongoing
strike
outside
Paramount
Studios
in
Los
Angeles,
California,
October
20,
2023.
Mario
Anzuoni
|
Reuters
Hollywood’s
actors
and
studios
have
a
preliminary
labor
agreement.
“In
a
unanimous
vote
this
afternoon,
the
SAG-AFTRA
TV/Theatrical
Committee
approved
a
tentative
agreement
with
the
AMPTP
bringing
an
end
to
the
118-day
strike,”
the
actors
guild
said
in
a
statement,
adding
that
the
strike
will
officially
end
at
12:01
a.m.
Thursday.
The
tentative
deal
will
go
to
the
union’s
national
board
Friday
for
“review
and
consideration,”
the
statement
said,
and
added
that
further
details
will
be
released
following
the
meeting.
Talks
between
Screen
Actors
Guild-American
Federation
of
Television
and
Radio
Artists
and
the
Alliance
of
Motion
Picture
and
Television
Producers
resumed
in
recent
days
after
abruptly
ending
last
month,
ultimately
leading
to
a
tentative
deal
that
would
end
the
actors’
strike.
The
actors
strike,
which
has
lasted
118
days,
will
end
at
midnight
and
the
SAG-AFTRA
board
will
convene
on
Friday
to
review
the
final
deal.
Hollywood
actors
initiated
a
work
stoppage
in
mid-July
as
negotiations
broke
down
with
studios
including
Disney,
Paramount,
Universal,
Netflix
and
Warner
Bros.
Discovery.
Studios
put
forth
their
“last,
best
and
final
offer”
over
the
weekend,
with
top
executives
making
clear
that
they
would
not
make
further
concessions.
SAG-AFTRA
spent
time
Sunday
and
Monday
evaluating
the
deal.
Television
and
film
performers
were
looking
to
improve
wages,
working
conditions,
and
health
and
pension
benefits,
as
well
as
establish
guardrails
for
the
use
of
AI
in
future
television
and
film
productions.
Additionally,
the
union
sought
more
transparency
from
streaming
services
about
viewership
so
that
residual
payments
can
be
made
equitable
to
linear
TV.
The
deal
comes
more
than
a
month
after
SAG-AFTRA’s
sister
guild
the
Writers
Guild
of
America
solidified
a
new
contract
with
studios
and
ended
its
own
strike.
Disclosure:
Comcast
is
the
parent
company
of
NBCUniversal
and
CNBC.
NBCUniversal
is
a
member
of
the
Alliance
of
Motion
Picture
and
Television
Producers.
