By Dyana Carmella

I was reading in a letter from AFTRA National President Roberta Reardon, that the AFTRA National Board approved the agreement made on May 28th with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a three-year primetime television contract.

The main purpose of the agreement was to boost the wages for working actors during an economic crisis. They also needed to avoid another costly strike and wanted to follow suit of the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild who recently negotiated new primetime contracts. It was a tough fight for AFTRA negotiating committee. They showed a great deal of determination in creating a solid deal that would give stabilization to professional performers over the next three years.

“AFTRA members’ basic objective is to negotiate agreements that ensure two things: establishing and maintaining strong wages and working conditions—and creating real job opportunities through which we can earn them,” Reardon wrote.

All of us that work in production should applaud this committee for bringing this to a conclusion. We need to get production back to full throttle and the industry labor force working.

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