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AFTRA approves contract extension

By Richard Verrier
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If you work on a soap opera or reality show, your pay check might be a little bigger soon.

The board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has approved a one-year extension of its so-called network code, which covers morning news shows, soaps, late-night talk and reality shows, among other programming. The contract includes a 2% increase in program fees and a 0.5% increase in employer contributions to the union’s health and pension plan. The new contract will expire on Nov. 15, 2011.

AFTRA was expected to extend the contract, which expires in November, so that it could focus time and resources on jointly negotiating a new prime-time television and theatrical contract with the Screen Actors Guild. Those negotiations are due to start in October.

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-- Richard Verrier

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Richard Verrier

Richard Verrier is investigations editor for Arts and Entertainment at the Los Angeles Times. He has been with The Times since 2001 and has run our Company Town since 2016. After stints at the St. Petersburg Times and the Orlando Sentinel in Florida, Verrier joined the paper as a reporter, and for many years covered all aspects of the entertainment industry before turning to editing. He oversees the Company Town coverage while working to guide and edit investigative and enterprise reporting across the entertainment team, collaborating with writers and editors from all departments. He is a native of Montreal and a graduate from the University of Toronto and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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