Over two weeks after SAG-AFTRA reached a deal with the studios and ended their nearly four-month long strike, the actors guild has just released the full text of the tentative agreement.
We’ll get into the fine print soon with analysis of this draft document (as Guild National Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland notes: “The MOA is not ‘final’ until signed by both parties), but for now read the full Memorandum of Agreement for yourself here.
A Friday news dump by any other name, the publication of the long awaited 129-page 2023 TV/Theatrical Contracts Memorandum of Agreement was promised two days ago by Guild president Fran Drescher. “As you may know, traditionally SAG-AFTRA contract ratification votes rely on our detailed summaries of the new agreement, as the drafting of a formal memorandum of agreement (MOA) usually takes many weeks,” Crabtree-Ireland said in a note accompanying the “document in progress” MOA link sent to Guild members this afternoon. “However, for this historic deal some members have asked to review the full draft MOA during the ratification voting period,” the Guild leader added.
For greater context, the Guild also included links to the past several previous contracts too. See Crabtree-Ireland’s full note below. Today’s MOA release also comes as eligible members of the 160,000-strong SAG-AFTRA have been voting on ratification of the proposed new three-year contract since November 14.
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