WGA East and Vice Media said today that they have hammered out a tentative agreement on their first contract. Vice’s roughly 70 covered staffers will vote next week to ratify the deal. The pact includes an economic package worth 29% over three years, protections on the current health insurance offered … Read entire story.
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A new TV commercials contract has been approved by the SAG-AFTRA national board of directors and will now go to the union’s members for ratification. The contract generates about $1.1 billion annually for actors, extras and voice-over artists. The unanimously approved contract affects new television, audio and digital … Read entire story.
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Gabrielle Carteris has been elected president of SAG-AFTRA by the union’s national board of directors. The former star of Beverly Hills, 90210 had been serving as the union’s acting president since Howard’s death on March 23. A longtime union activist, she’d been the union’s second-ranking officer – executive vice president … Read entire story.
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The death of former SAG president Patty Duke comes as the union is already mourning SAG-AFTRA president Ken Howard, who died just last week. “It is a difficult time for the union, and Anna’s death is another devastating loss to our union family,” said SAG-AFTRA acting president … Read entire story.
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George Clooney shares a touching memory about Ken Howard, the veteran actor and union leader who died today at 71: There’s a story about how a young actor met Ken on the Fox lot in 1983 and told him what a fan he was of The White Shadow. Ken asked that actor … Read entire story.
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