The SAG-AFTRA board of directors has voted overwhelmingly to approve the new Network Television Code, the union’s contract covering nonprimetime TV shows. The new three-year pact, which generates more than $200 million a year in earnings, now goes to the guild’s members for final ratification.
The new agreement, which was tentatively struck on November 14, includes an 8.7% overall increase in “most program fees”: 2.5% the first year and 3% in each of the second and third years, compounded. That’s the same deal the union got earlier this year for its new film and TV contract, though it’s less than the 3% annual pay raises the DGA and the WGA got for their new film and television contracts.
Soap opera performers will be getting a smaller pay raise. Their wages will increase only 7.2% over three years: 2% the first year and 2.5% in each of the second and third years, compounded. News...
The new agreement, which was tentatively struck on November 14, includes an 8.7% overall increase in “most program fees”: 2.5% the first year and 3% in each of the second and third years, compounded. That’s the same deal the union got earlier this year for its new film and TV contract, though it’s less than the 3% annual pay raises the DGA and the WGA got for their new film and television contracts.
Soap opera performers will be getting a smaller pay raise. Their wages will increase only 7.2% over three years: 2% the first year and 2.5% in each of the second and third years, compounded. News...
- 12/9/2014
- by David Robb
- Deadline
Some background performers are getting a raise following a tentative deal being reached between SAG-AFTRA and the four major television broadcast networks on the National Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting (Network Television Code). Programs covered under the deal, which is worth some $200 million annually, include dramas in first-run syndication, morning news shows, talk shows, soap operas, variety, reality, contest, sports and promotional announcements. Current programs covered by this contract include: "Good Morning America," "The View," "The Price is Right," "The Young and the Restless," "Saturday Night Live," "Dancing with the Stars," "The Voice, Amazing Race," "Nightline" and "Late Night with David Letterman," among many others. “I am pleased with the important gains we’ve achieved in this negotiation, including significant increases for background actors, stand-ins, stunt coordinators and singers," Executive Director David White said in a statement. Union President Ken Howard added: "“With the successful conclusion of this negotiation,...
- 11/15/2014
- backstage.com
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