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Tentative new agreement will remain in effect through September
Hollywood’s unions and studio representatives have reached a tentative new COVID-19 safety agreement that among other thing will allow productions to make vaccines mandatory for cast and crew.
The new agreement will remain in effect until Oct. 1, at which time the guilds and studios will reassess and if needed consider additional changes to COVID-19 safety requirements in the entertainment industry. The new agreement comes as the Delta variant of the disease is fueling a rise in cases though thanks the vaccines, that rise is still dramatically lower than it was at the pandemic’s peak.
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Hollywood workers may have to be vaccinated to work on union film sets under new COVID-19 safety requirements.
Producers will have the option to mandate vaccinations for their cast and crews working in close proximity to actors, leading entertainment industry unions and an alliance of Hollywood producers said Monday night.
The measure is one of several protocols that are being updated along with relaxed testing and masking requirements in a new agreement that will run until Sept. 30, according to the joint statement signed by multiple unions and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
The short-term deal with SAG-AFTRA, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and other unions eases some of the safety protocols put in place last fall that provided for sick pay, testing, masking and other safety measures intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.