AFTRA Ratifies Contract

A group of Hollywood film and TV producers said it was pleased the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has voted to ratify its new contract.

The Screen Actors Guild, the other major U.S. actors union, has said it will respond Thursday to an offer proposed by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

We appreciate today’s vote of confidence by actors in the agreement we reached with AFTRA, and hope that it demonstrates to SAG’s Hollywood leadership that there is support for the new economic relationships we have built with writers, directors and actors — and not much support for a strike, whether de facto or real, AMPTP said in a statement Tuesday.

We hope that SAG’s Hollywood leadership will allow SAG members to vote on AMPTP’s final offer — which would give SAG members more than $250 million in additional compensation and important new media rights.