A pair of stories from the Wall Street Journal
Actors Union Approves Pact With Producers
By LAUREN A.E. SCHUKER, July 9, 2008; Page B8
Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists approved their new contract with a 62.4% majority. In recent weeks, the Aftra vote became something of a referendum on the actors’ desire [...]
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Hollywood Update
10-Jul-08AFTRA Approves New Contract
10-Jun-08Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Leaders of Hollywood’s second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work — an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year.
The board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists approved the three-year deal late Friday, and it will go [...]
AFTRA Tentative Settlement Announced
28-May-08LOS ANGELES (AP) — The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists says it has agreed to a tentative deal with Hollywood studios on a new three-year contract.
The union said early Wednesday that the deal establishes fees for content streamed and downloaded over the Internet and preserves actors’ rights of consent on the use of [...]
