SAG-AFTRA’s national board approves a four-year contract with the major studios and recommends it to the union’s full membership for ratification, according to multiple reports. The board’s approval follows a tentative agreement reached earlier in the month. On Monday, the board votes to recommend the deal, with one outlet reporting a strongly favorable margin, while another notes the board approved the package but does not disclose the specific vote count.
A key contested provision in the agreement is a scheduled merger of SAG-AFTRA’s two pension funds. Under the plan described in reporting, the pension merger is set to take effect on January 1, 2028. The merger has drawn criticism from some members, though the details of those objections are not fully laid out in the provided excerpts.
After the board’s action, the contract is not finalized. The membership must vote to ratify the agreement, with the outcome determining whether the studio deal—and the pension merger timeline it includes—moves forward.
