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Actors' Union Approves 4-Year Contract with Studios and Streamers
Members approved the pact by 91.4% as it sets new AI rules and adds a 1% studio contribution to combined pension plans.
- On Thursday, members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ratified a four-year agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, with 91.42% of voters approving the deal.
- Seeking to avoid a repeat of the 118-day strike in 2023, studios and SAG-AFTRA secured a four-year term to ensure industry stability and prioritize 'labor peace' throughout the contract cycle.
- New contract provisions require producers to prove synthetic, AI-generated performers bring 'significant additional value' to projects and have an 'articulable business reason' to scan actors for digital replicas.
- The agreement merges the SAG-Producers Pension Plan and AFTRA Retirement Fund by January 1, 2028, with studios increasing contributions by 1 percent to ensure long-term stability for members.
- With the actors' deal finalized, attention shifts to the Directors Guild of America, which continues negotiations with the AMPTP ahead of its June 30 contract expiration.
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SAG-AFTRA members approve deal with major studios
SAG-AFTRA says the new four-year deal offers protections related to artificial intelligence, increases minimum wage rates by 3% annually and merges the pension plans of previously separate unions SAG and AFTRA.
·Los Angeles, United States
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New agreement with the representative of hundreds of producers broadens previous protections against AI and "protects the value of human performance and creativity," the American union said.
·Portugal
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