SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and others held a press conference to update on the strike deal; it will next go to members for a ratification vote.
Following the news Wednesday night that the SAG-AFTRA strike had come to an end after nearly 120 days, supporters have been waiting to hear more details about the tentative agreement. Today, union president Fran Drescher, national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and others held a press conference following the SAG-AFTRA National Board’s meeting, which saw the board vote to approve the deal.
On November 9, SAG-AFTRA members received a letter from Drescher and Crabtree-Ireland that signaled the union’s return to work and outlined some broad strokes of what they called “a transformative contract” as well as a “revolutionary agreement” that signals “major breakthroughs in addressing compensation via residuals and protections from generative artificial intelligence technology while reaffirming the role human performers play in the production of film, television, and streaming entertainment.
