SAG-AFTRA members have given a big thumbs up to a new three-year network code agreement covering most daytime TV, award shows and mainstay such as “Saturday Night Live,” “Jeopardy…
The new pact was approved by a 94.7% margin. SAG-AFTRA emphasized the financial gains in the deal as well as contract provisions increasing protections for performers around sexually explicit material. This brings the contract governing daytime TV in line with post-#MeToo provisions added in 2020 to SAG-AFTRA’s master network primetime TV and theatrical contract. SAG-AFTRA billed it as: “
“This agreement is a step toward elevating our consciousness and sensitivity regarding safe spaces for performers on set,” Drescher said. “That is a big, transformative win. I also am pleased that our negotiators made meaningful gains with new compensation and improved protections for our members.” Singers now receive doubling pay at 50% of the applicable dancer program fee when required to learn “complex choreography.”