The largest U.S. actors union mailed out ballots on Tuesday and key union leaders recommended that the union’s 120,000 members approve a contract offer from Hollywood studios.
The tentative deal reached in April between the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios averted the immediate threat of a strike that would have slowed movie and TV production. The voting process ends June 9.
But it also caused discord in the union, with moderates in key leadership posts calling the offer the best deal possible, and hardliners saying it will not pay actors enough for work delivered on new media, including the Internet and phones.
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