SAG-AFTRA Approves Controversial Pension Fund Merger

The SAG-AFTRA board on Monday approved its four-year contract with the major studios, which includes a plan to merge the union’s two pension funds on Jan. 1, 2028. The deal now goes to the membership for a ratification vote. The pension merger has been a source of internal friction in the past

SAG-AFTRA’s national board is recommending the guild’s latest contract with the major studios to its full membership for ratification. The board “decisively” approved the deal, tentatively sealed earlier this month, on Monday, per the union. SAG-AFTRA did not specify how the