The union's negotiating committee members Frances Fisher, Shari Belafonte and Avis Boone were among those in attendance at a party in Los Angeles and shed some light on the tentative deal.And now…they celebrate!
Spirits were high Wednesday evening as SAG-AFTRA members gathered at All Season Brewing in Los Angeles to toast the union reaching a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with studios and streamers and the end of the 118-day actors strike.
Party organizers said they chose the brewery due to its proximity to SAG-AFTRA headquarters, where just a few hours earlier the union’s negotiating committee approved the agreement in a unanimous vote.Actors erupted in cheers when negotiating committee members, including Frances Fisher, Shari Belafonte and Avis Boone, arrived and joined the celebration after Wednesday’s vote and a marathon 10-hour session Tuesday.Fisher, Belafonte and Boone told The Hollywood Reporter they’re “relieved” and “excited” following the end of the strike, and they shed some light on the tentative deal.
“Not just one thing, it’s the whole package,” Fisher told THR regarding what she’s most proud of the negotiating committee achieving in the deal. “It’s the whole thing combined, just like our membership. There are so many different categories that we wanted to get something for everybody. And we did.”
“I think there are things that were happening in the past that got overlooked for so many years,” added Belafonte. “Not because there wasn’t a lot of strength behind it. It just was a different membership that came up to the forefront and certainly a different leader. [SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher] was unstoppable and she rallied the troops and while there had been some division in the past that just faded away, everybody came to the plate.”
The source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/actors-celebrate-end-of-sag-aftra-strike-1235642900/