The End of the Actors Strike With Duncan Crabtree-Ireland

The Town with Matthew Belloni

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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On Wednesday night, SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP reached a tentative deal on a three-year contract valued at over $1 billion, ending the longest strike in the union’s history at 118 days. Matt is joined by the national executive director and chief negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, to give more details on what the actors won in their new deal. They discuss the provisions for consent and compensation with AI, the new streaming and viewership-based program for residuals, why he was thrilled when George Clooney offered a proposal, Fran Drescher’s presence in the negotiating room, potential lessons learned, and so much more. For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! thetown@spotify.com Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Duncan Crabtree-Ireland Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:14.5	It is Thursday, November 9th.
0:17.0	It's over.
0:17.9	As of 12.01 a.m., the actors tag after them.
0:22.0	They are no longer on strike.
0:28.7	The union announced that its negotiating committee has voted unanimously to accept a tentative deal with the AMPTP,
0:34.8	the studio and streamer coalition. It will end the work stoppage that has lasted 118 days.
0:40.1	The deal now goes to the National Board, which has to okay it, and then to the full 160,000 members for a vote, which is basically a formality.
0:42.9	It's great news, together with the Writers Guild walkout that was settled a few weeks ago.
0:46.7	Scripted production in Hollywood has basically been shut down due to strikes for more
0:50.5	than six months.
0:51.9	Pretty incredible.
0:53.0	Continuing TV shows will be first to start back up,
0:55.5	probably a couple weeks for that to happen, then movies that were shut down or needed reshoots,
0:59.7	then the new stuff. Most of it won't actually get going until January. So the question is,
1:04.0	what did the actors actually get here? The full tentative deal won't be revealed until after the
1:08.9	national board vote. The union put out a
1:11.0	statement tonight calling it a $1 billion deal with gains in wages, streaming, maybe most crucially, AI.
1:18.2	They called it a, quote, deal of extraordinary scope. The AMPTB in its own statement said the deal
1:24.1	gives SAG after, quote, the biggest contract on contract gains in the history of the union.
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