Anyone want a Halloween do-over? Because SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement, so costumes based on struck work are back in play. According to The Hollywood Reporter, SAG’s TV/Theatrical Committee unanimously voted to approve the new contract. The union’s membership will now have their vote. The strike will officially be over Thursday at 12:01 a.m. SAG-AFTRA have been on strike for 118 days, many of which overlapped with the WGA strike. The Writers Guild ended their strike September 24. Since then, the AMPTP and SAG have been going back and forth in negotiations, with the biggest sticking points reportedly being streaming payment and AI. “Today’s tentative agreement represents a new paradigm. It gives SAG-AFTRA the biggest contract-on-contract gains in the history of the union, including the largest increase in minimum wages in the last forty years; a brand new residual for streaming programs; extensive consent and compensation protections in the use of artificial intelligence; and sizable contract increases on items across the board,†the AMPTP said in a statement. SAG-AFTRA also released a statement on Twitter, in part thanking the other unions that have been supporting the strike. “We stand together in solidarity and will be there for you when you need us,†it read. Details on the new contract’s contents have not yet been released. But the fan accounts are celebrating.
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