AFTRA Ratifies Deal; SAG Not Happy

“The smaller of Hollywood’s two acting unions has approved a new prime time TV contract with Hollywood studios… But the larger Screen Actors Guild (SAG) claimed the agreement undermined its own talks for a richer deal, which are ongoing. AFTRA’s deal won final approval despite an unusual all-out campaign by SAG urging some 40,000 actors who belong to both unions to vote against it.”