We got a forward of this e-mail from AFTRA New York President Holter Graham, who works the Interactive contract, and was Chair of the Interactive Steering Committee: AFTRA members are about to vote on a new deal for video games (Interactive Media). As a chair of the AFTRA Interactive Steering Committee who has been working [...]
We’re hearing that although the vote was unanimous in favor everywhere, in Hollywood, the number of members who braved the wind and power outages to attend the ratification caucus was enough to overwhelm the rest of the country, and the proposed contract has been rejected. The unofficial tally of the vote in Hollywood was 73-9 [...]
The number wasn’t big, but it was unanimous. 27-to-0 is what we hear. It may be a while before we get more from other cities.
The AFTRA National Board first overwhelmingly voted to ratify the deal, first turning back a substitute motion by Anne-Marie Johnson to take no action. Then it voted to send the contract for a ratification vote by affected members, with a strong yes recommendation. The zig zag may have been done to meet a deadline set [...]
With the proposed interactive deal suddenly under some fire in Hollywood, SAG has announced caucuses to discuss the terms of the tentative deal, and according to the announcement, vote on it. Screen Actors Guild to Hold Ratification Meetings in Four Cities for the Purpose of Voting on the Tentative Deal Between Producers and Screen Actors [...]
There are about 300 AFTRA actors in New York who earn under the interactive contract, and we’ve heard they’ve all been invited to a 1 PM caucus on the proposed Interactive contract extension, at AFTRA’s NY office, 261 Madison Avenue. AFTRA is the dominant union in the small but growing interactive area, with earnings four [...]
