SAG Approves AFTRA Joint-Bargaining Agreement

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The Screen Actors Guild's national board of directors has approved the joint bargaining agreement with the American Federation of
Television & Radio Artists for contracts covering cable and
broadcast primetime TV dramas like Mad Men and Grey's
Anatomy, and theatricals.

The vote was 78% to 22%. SAG and
AFTRA reps will be working on finalizing the agreement over the next few
days.

According to SAG,
 the deal largely tracks their contract with commercial actors in 2009,
which included pay and benefit increases, including a multiplier for
Internet play.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.