JPC and SAG-AFTRA Agree to Additional Extension of Negotiations on Commercials Contracts

In order to facilitate the continuation of productive negotiations, SAG-AFTRA and The Joint Policy Committee have agreed to an additional extension of the 2022 Commercials Contracts. 

The agreements, which were previously extended to expire at 11:59 p.m. PT, April 4, will now expire April 11, at 11:59 p.m. PT. The extension includes all waivers under the commercials contracts including, but not limited to, the influencer waiver and the low budget digital waiver. 

The parties will continue to negotiate under a mutually agreed upon media blackout. Neither organization will comment to the media about the negotiations during the extension.

About SAG-AFTRA

SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.