SAG-AFTRA Reaches Tentative Deal With Telemundo On New 4-Year Contract For Spanish-Language Performers

SAG-AFTRA has tentatively reached a new four-year deal with Telemundo Television Studios covering Spanish-language TV performers. 

Though negotiations didn’t begin on a new contract until early December, if approved, this agreement will cover the contract period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028, the guild announced Thursday.

Details of the agreement are not yet available, though SAG-AFTRA says it plans to reveal more following a review by the union’s National Board. Deadline will update this post when those details are available.

The deal must also be ratified by members.

“This was a crucial and productive negotiation, and I’m grateful to my fellow negotiating committee members and our staff for their dedicated work in securing this deal,” SAG-AFTRA Negotiating Committee Chair Carmen Olivares said in a statement. “It’s an honor to serve my fellow Spanish-language television performers, and I’m proud to be able to secure these new terms on their behalf.”

Telemundo is the largest employer of Spanish-language talent in the United States. The network’s performers moved to unionize with SAG-AFTRA in 2017, reaching their first deal after 15 month of negotiations in July 2018.

In a statement of his own, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said: “My deepest thanks to Negotiating Committee Chair Carmen Olivares and all of the members of the negotiating committee, alongside our extraordinary negotiating staff, for your dedication to bringing your colleagues a groundbreaking contract that addresses their needs and ensures the terms and compensation performers deserve. I look forward to presenting this agreement to the National Board.”