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Telemundo SAG-AFTRA contract

Telemundo signs first-ever union contract with SAG-AFTRA to cover TV performers

July 12, 2018 by Veronica Villafañe

After 15 months of negotiations, SAG-AFTRA today announced it has reached what it calls a “historic” tentative agreement with Telemundo Television Studios covering Spanish-language television performers.

The three-year contract must be approved by the Telemundo actors and the SAG-AFTRA national board at its July 21 meeting to go into effect.

Actors and other performers of Telemundo’s original productions sought unionization claiming they were unfairly compensated and didn’t receive basic benefits like health care coverage – things the agreement addresses.

Telemundo performers voted 91 to 21 to unionize on March 8, 2017, marking the first time in 65 years that a group of actors at a major television network sought a unionization election. SAG-AFTRA had been trying to unionize Telemundo actors for years.

At the time of the vote, Telemundo expressed disappointment with the result, but today, the company said it “is pleased to have reached an agreement with SAG-AFTRA for performers on our scripted dramatic productions in the U.S.”

More details, including key provisions of the deal, are available on Forbes.

Filed Under: Entertainment, TV & Radio Tagged With: SAG-AFTRA, Telemundo

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

Full bio here
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