SAG-AFTRA, the four major television broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox) and other producers have reached a tentative agreement on terms for the National Code of Fair Practice, the union announced on Saturday.
The term of the contract is July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2021.
“This deal delivers overall gains in important areas, including meaningful increases in wages and residuals rates that will put real money in members’ pockets. Additionally, the agreement now reflects important new language limiting auditions or meetings in private hotel rooms and residences, which represents a partial realization of our work toward industry culture change,” said SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris.
Significant gains will be felt across a wide range of categories, including principal performers, background actors, stand-ins, promo announcers, singers and dancers, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director David White said.
Contract minimums will increase over the next three years, including an 8.7 percent overall wage increase to most program fees, implemented through increases of 2.5 percent the first year, 3 percent the second year and 3 percent the third year. The agreement also significantly improves funding of the AFTRA Retirement Fund.
The Network Code covers nearly all television day parts, as well as programming produced for digital media. Programs covered include dramas in first-run syndication, morning news shows, talk shows, serials (soap operas), variety, reality, contest, sports and promotional announcements.
Current programs covered by this contract include “Good Morning America,” “Ellen,” “The Young and the Restless,” “Jeopardy,” “Saturday Night Live,” “The Voice,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “The Inspectors,” “The Late Late Show With James Corden,” “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” the Academy Awards and the Super Bowl, to name a few.
Automatic increases will be felt by daytime soap opera performers, who will receive a 4.1 percent wage hike, while the contract also provides a 4.6 percent increase for background actors employed on variety programs, an increase in the overtime rate for certain group dancers on award shows, and a 11.5 percent increase for stand-ins and/or dance-ins.
In addition, an improvement will be made to the union’s harassment-prevention language that explicitly prohibits harassment.
The tentative agreement will be submitted for approval to the SAG-AFTRA National Board on July 21. Subject to the board’s approval, the agreement will then be sent to the union’s membership for ratification.
SAG Awards 2018: All the Red Carpet Arrivals (Photos)
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are honoring the best achievements in film and television acting in 2017, and the stars are dolled up as they arrive at the show. This year's show features Kristen Bell as the SAG Awards' first-ever host, and all the presenters will be women in response to the #TIMESUP and #MeToo movements, rather than the usual pairs of women and men presenting.
"Get Out" and "Girls" star Allison Williams
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"Stranger Things" star Gaten Matarazzo
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"This is Us" star Logan Shroyer
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"Stranger Things" star Natalia Dyer
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"Stranger Things" star Noah Schnapp
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"Glow" star Alison Brie
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"Stranger Things" star Caleb McLaughlin
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"Disaster Artist" star Dave Franco
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"This is Us" star Jon Huertas
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"This is Us" star Mackenzie Hancsicsak
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"This is Us" star Cara Buono
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"This is Us" star Justin Hartley
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"This is Us" star Sterling K. Brown
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"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" star Amanda Warren
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"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" star Abbie Cornish
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"Stranger Things" star Dacre Montgomery
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"The Handmaid's Tale" star Samira Wiley
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"The Handmaid's Tale" star Ann Dowd
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"Divorce" star Molly Shannon
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"The Good Place" star Ted Danson
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"Orange is the New Black" star Emily Tarver
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"The Handmaid's Tale" star Yvonne Strahovski
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"Glow" star Sydelle Noel
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"Black-ish" star Tracee Ellis Ross
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"The Last Man on Earth" star Mary Steenburgen
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"The Crown" star Matt Smith
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"Veep" and "Better Call Saul" star Clea DuVall
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"The Big Sick" star Holly Hunter
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"Spider-Man: Homecoming" star Marisa Tomei
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"Lady Bird" star Beanie Feldstein
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"Stranger Things" star Millie Bobby Brown
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"I, Tonya" star Margot Robbie
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"The Crown" star Vanessa Kirby
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"Kong: Skull Island" star Brie Larson
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"This is Us" star Susan Kelechi Watson
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"Kingsmen: The Golden Circle" star Halle Berry
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"I, Tonya" star Allison Janney
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"This is Us" star Chrissy Metz
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"Get Out" star Daniel Kaluuya
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"The Handmaid's Tale" star Elisabeth Moss
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"The Good Place" star and SAG Awards host Kristen Bell
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The Screen Actors Guild Awards are honoring the best achievements in film and television acting in 2017, and the stars are dolled up as they arrive at the show. This year's show features Kristen Bell as the SAG Awards' first-ever host, and all the presenters will be women in response to the #TIMESUP and #MeToo movements, rather than the usual pairs of women and men presenting.