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In terms of how things went with the unions and the AMPTP last year, the general vibe is that the WGA came out the big winners, SAG-AFTRA crossed the finish line but not as strongly as folks expected (still a few AI sticking points), and that members of both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA weren't too[...]

SAG-AFTRA members voted to ratify a new deal, with SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland commenting

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher addressed those pushing back on the tentative agreement over the weekend; Memorandum of Agreement update.

Ahead of this week's vote, SAG-AFTRA released a summary of the tentative agreement, a "Regulating Artificial Intelligence" overview & more.

The SAG-AFTRA National Board has approved the tentative agreement by 86%. Now, the union's membership gets to vote on the deal.

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher & others will hold a press conference at 5 pm ET to announce the results of the National Board's vote.

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher & SAG-AFTRA Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland messaged members with some highlights from the deal.

SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee thanked its members and other unions for their support and offered some details on the deal.

Reports are that SAG-AFTRA's Negotiating Committee and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement to end the 118-day long strike.

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said AMPTP's "Last, Best & Final" offer to SAG-AFTRA "met virtually all of the union’s goals."

In an overnight message to union members, SAG-AFTRA confirmed the union met with AMPTP for 10 hours on Tuesday, with more talks set for today.

After meeting for several hours today, SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP have wrapped talks for today but are expected to meet again on Wednesday.

Reports are that AMPTP adjusted some of the AI language in its "Last, Best & Final" offer to SAG-AFTRA; Tyler Perry comments on the strike.

Ahead of the 117th day of the strike, SAG-AFTRA & AMPTP negotiated late into Monday night - with more talks expected later today.

SAG-AFTRA offers update on AMPTP proposal: "There are several essential items on which we still do not have an agreement, including AI"

SAG-AFTRA should get at least the same amount of time to review AMPTP's proposal as the studios & streamers took to submit it to the union.

SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee says that it's reviewing what AMPTP characterized as its "Last, Best, and Final Offer."

Reports are that SAG-AFTRA is now going through the AMPTP's latest offer, with more studio leaders joining today's virtual talks.

SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee is holding a meeting ahead of today's talks. Plus, more AMPTP studio leaders this time around?

If (and this is a big "If") the makings of a deal are there, the two sides could spend the weekend finalizing the framework (similar to what went down with the DGA and WGA) In addition, there still doesn't appear to be any serious rumblings that the AMPTP's proposal is being tagged as its "last,[...]

If the makings of a deal are there, the two sides could spend the weekend finalizing the framework for a new three-year contract (similar to what went down with the DGA and WGA) And as of this writing, there doesn't appear to be any serious rumblings that the AMPTP's proposal is being tagged as a[...]

Reports are there were no formal talks between SAG-AFTRA & AMPTP on Thursday, as the union awaits a response to two of its proposals.

On a day when a number of unions went "Avengers: Endgame" on The Mouse with a unity picket rally outside of Disney's headquarters, Disney was making the preliminary move to buy out Comcast's stake in Hulu – meaning The Mouse will be the streamer's lone owner (after paying a minimum of $8.61B for it once[...]

As buzz surrounding negotiations continues to grow, SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP are expected to resume talks again on Wednesday, November 1st.

SAG-AFTRA confirmed to its members that the union and AMPTP are set to meet again on Tuesday after both sides worked independently on Monday.

In a video from earlier today, SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland shared some thoughts on how talks with AMPTP are going.

In an update to union members, SAG-AFTRA confirmed that the union & AMPTP will be "working independently" on Monday as negotiations continue.

Amid some positive rumblings over the past few days, negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP are expected to continue on Monday.

SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP have reportedly wrapped talks for the day, with both sides expected to continue working towards a new deal on Sunday.

The 41% increase applies to one-hour television programs, which covers the largest number of productions done under the Agreement. A 25% increase in span money breaks. Covering performance capture work under the Agreement, which the Union has sought for 20 years. On AI protections: Advance consent from the performer and background actor to create and use Digital Replicas; No Digital[...]