In a contest that ended on Tuesday evening, 78.33 percent voted “yes” on the contract and 21.67 percent voted “no,” with a turnout of 38.15 percent. With members greenlighting the deal, the new agreement will now take effect retroactive to June 9, and will extend to June 30, 2026. …

Added [Fran] Drescher in her own statement, “SAG-AFTRA members have remained incredibly engaged throughout this process, and I know they’ll continue their advocacy throughout our next negotiation cycle. This is a golden age for SAG-AFTRA, and our union has never been more powerful.”

[How “incredibly engaged” could they have been when barely more than a third of the union members turned out to vote? Does that seem like a rather low level of participation to anyone else? THR doesn’t give any historical context to member turnout for contract votes, but for a strike that dragged out for almost four months, members didn’t seem terribly enthused about voting for the deal that ended it. Drescher and her leadership team should be worried about that outcome, especially when it becomes clear that there is very little chance that most members will ever gain back what was lost during the strike. — Ed]