The Hollywood acting strike looks set to finally end.
After 118 days on the picket lines, The Hollywood Reporter reports the SAG-AFTRA acting union has reached a tentative three-year agreement to end the strike with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
The SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Committee approved the deal with a unanimous vote late Wednesday (November 8), meaning the strike will end on 12.01AM on Thursday (November 9).
From there, the deal will then be sent to the SAG-AFTRA national board for approval on Friday (November 10) before going to rank-and-file members. The terms of the deal have not yet been publicly revealed.
The acting strike officially started on July 14, 2023, when SAG-AFTRA joined the picket lines alongside Hollywood writers from the WGA union.
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The WGA had its own terms for striking and its bargaining committee had to negotiate separately from SAG-AFTRA due to union rules.
The writers' strike ended on September 27 when the WGA reached its own settlement with the AMPTP, which was eventually ratified on October 9 by union members.
WGAW West president Meredith Stiehm said of the writers' strike deal: "Through solidarity and determination, we have ratified a contract with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of our combined membership.
"Together we were able to accomplish what many said was impossible only six months ago. We would not have been able to achieve this industry-changing contract without WGA chief negotiator Ellen Stutzman, negotiating committee co-chairs Chris Keyser and David A. Goodman, the entire WGA negotiating committee, strike captains, lot coordinators, and the staff that supported every part of the negotiation and strike."
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At the heart of both strikes was protection for actors and writers against AI, including in the case of the actors, regulation of the ability to create digital performances from scanned faces.
This was the first actors' strike since 1980, where Hollywood stars picketed for 95 days to secure wage increases and increased home video residual percentages.
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