SAG, Business Reps Reach Deal

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SAG has avoided potential labor unrest within its own ranks.

Unionized SAG employees voted Wednesday night to accept a contract with the guild offering 2 percent annual wage increases over the next three years. The employees, SAG business representatives, turned down the same offer a week ago. Had they rejected the deal again, the employees would have initiated a strike against the guild.

The employees, represented by Teamsters Local 986, had wanted higher increases.

“The [employees] made a decision that reflected their best interests,” said Local 986’s Stephen Burke, adding that the offer “was not what we wanted or fought for.”

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