Leaders of Hollywood's second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work ? an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year. The board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists approved the three-year deal late Friday, and it will go to the union's 70,000 members for ratification this month, the union said Saturday. The existing contract was set to end June 30. The agreement "makes sense for all performers," AFTRA National President Roberta Reardon said in the statement. "AFTRA members now have the opportunity to vote 'yes' for higher pay, improved working conditions, and continued right of consent for use of excerpts in New Media."
See "Board of Hollywood's second-largest actors union endorses contract; next step is member vote", Robert Jablon, Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 8, 2008