AFTRA Accepts Deal

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Hollywood’s smaller actors union ratified a new three-year contract with film and television studios, leaving the larger Screen Actors Guild as the last labor group without an agreement.

Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists voted by a 62 percent margin to approve an agreement that provides a wage increase and union coverage of some work shown on the Internet, the union said in a statement

The guild had urged Aftra members to reject the contract, arguing they would get a better deal through joint negotiations. The vote leaves guild leaders, who are seeking a bigger share of DVD revenue and more control over Internet work, little leverage to force concessions from studios when they meet again on Thursday.





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