The US Screen Actors Guild (Sag-Aftra), the union of North American actors, reached an agreement with the main Hollywood studios and streaming platforms to sign a new collective agreement, thus putting an end to the longest actors strike in the world. Hollywood history. In an official announcement on Wednesday, the union said the 118-day strike officially ended at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday. The union’s bargaining committee unanimously approved the deal, with the agreement then going to the Sag-Aftra national council for approval on Friday.
The two sides put the finishing touches on the deal in recent days, which will provide actors’ first protection against artificial intelligence and a historic pay increase. The agreement will see most minimums increase by 7%, two points more than the increases received by the Writers Guild of America and the Director’s Guild. The avalanche of strikes that paralyzed Hollywood was therefore stopped.
Source: IL Tempo
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