Actors Union Board Signs Off on Three-Year Deal With Studios (2)

The Screen Actors Guild’s national board approved the new, strike-ending labor agreement reached this week with Hollywood studios, sending the deal to a vote by union members.

SAG officials led by President Fran Drescher and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland announced the vote at a press conference Friday. The tally was 86% in favor. Voting by general members begins Nov. 14 and ends the first week in December.

“We began this journey the largest entertainment union in the world, and we finish it the most powerful,” Drescher said at the press conference. She called the agreement, valued at more than ...