SAG-AFTRA’s national board voted today to approve a tentative agreement on a new $1 billion-a-year commercials contract and to recommend its ratification to the guild’s members. The dea…
SAG-AFTRA’s national board voted today to approve a tentative agreement on a new $1 billion-a-year commercials contract and to recommend its ratification to the guild’s members. The deal, which was approved by 93% of the national board members, was reached Tuesday with the Joint Policy Committee of the advertising industry. Bargaining got underway February 16 in New York.
“The contracts will result in a significant increase in earnings for our members and in contributions to the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan,” said Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s national executive director and chief negotiator. “They also bring meaningful changes, recognizing the rapid transition to the digital future, protecting our members and keeping our contracts relevant.
“Additionally, in this time of Step Up there is language that pays particular attention and sensitivity to performers asked to do nudity or wear revealing clothing. Importantly, the audition process is redefined and boundaries reset in greater favor of the performer who has been taken advantage of by an, up until now, unregulated self-tape audition process. A new baseline has been set on which to build. Onward and upward. Bravo to the committee for achieving this Herculean task.
for employers and improving performers’ ability to track and confirm that their payments are correct. * Advance notice of any requirement to perform nude or partially nude, with ability to refuse work and still be paid for the day if* No use of digital doubles to evade terms of the contracts.
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