The Screen Actors Guild’s national board approved the new, strike-ending labor agreement reached this week with Hollywood studios, sending the deal to a vote by union members.
The accord ended a four-month long walkout that largely shut down film and TV production. It has led to delays in major film releases and sent TV networks scrambling to fill their fall schedules with reruns, game shows and other unscripted fare.
The three-year contract includes a 7% hike in minimum pay for actors in the first year. They also won their first-ever bonus payments for shows that do well on streaming services and assurances that their images can’t be reproduced by artificial intelligence without their consent and compensation.
SAG officials led by President Fran Drescher and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland announced the vote at a press conference Friday.
