By Carolyn Giardina
Voice Actors Sue AI. IATSE Tentative Agreement with Studios, Streamers. AI Clone: Sexual Experiences
IATSE has now published a summary of the preliminary new basic agreement with the AMPTP. The 13 local chapters operating under this contract have begun holding town hall meetings and other efforts to share the information with their members.
The tentative deal — which includes wage increases (a 7% increase in the minimum wage in the first year, followed by increases of 4% and 3.5%), additional payments for benefit plans that would address a $670 million funding gap, and AI language — was welcome news to many entertainment workers, who want to get back to work and avoid a potential strike.
The full details of the tentative deal won’t be available until a Memorandum of Agreement is finalized and released, which is expected to take at least another week. Below is the AI portion of the summary, which seems to indicate that at least some of what might affect entertainment workers has yet to be determined.
