Following the news that had come to an end , supporters have been waiting to hear more details about the tentative agreement. Today, union president Fran Drescher, national executive director and chief negotiator , 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, 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.” As the months covering the strike clearly reveled, for both the actors and the studios represented by the AMPTP, as did streaming profits—both focal points for resolved earlier this year as well. Some of the points highlighted in the letter include: At the press conference, Crabtree-Ireland noted that SAG members will remain active in the conversation around the responsible use of AI, including . Following today’s SAG-AFTRA National Board meeting—the board gave the tentative agreement 86% approval, according to Crabtree-Ireland—it will go out to the union’s nearly 160,000 members, who will then vote on whether to ratify the contract. If it goes through, it will go into effect as an official agreement. In the case of the WGA strike, it took . , and