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18 SAG-AFTRA | Fall/Winter 2022 | sagaftra.org News, Information and Benefits News, Information and Benefits S AG-AFTRA members voted overwhelmingly in August to ratify the 2022 SAG-AFTRA Netflix Agreement. The vote was 89.03% in favor of the new contract. Highlights of the agreement include: • A new Albuquerque Background Actor Zone is established within a 30-mile radius around Albuquerque City Hall. This represents the first new background zone in 24 years. • For the first time under any agreement, stunt coordinators will be paid a fixed residual for the continued exhibition on Netflix of a high-budget streaming program produced under the Netflix Agreement. • The Netflix Dubbing Agreement has been expanded to include dubbing into Spanish. The terms for Spanish-language dubbing will match the terms that apply to English dubbing. • The agreement includes major improvements in options and exclusivity rules for series regulars below the new money breaks, which have substantially increased. It creates a new "conflict-free window" of at least three months during each season, in which performers may accept a permitted appearance on another show or network without first confirming availability and potential scheduling with Netflix. The SAG-AFTRA National Board approved the tentative contract on Aug. 8 at a special meeting and overwhelmingly recommended that members vote to ratify it. The Netflix agreement applies to scripted, dramatic episodic and feature-length productions made by Netflix Studios LLC. Members Ratify New Netflix Agreement Above, Netflix's Inventing Anna, from left, Laverne Cox, Katie Lowes, Julia Garner and Alexis Floyd. Continues New Exclusivity Terms Reached with AMPTP S eries regulars will have more freedom to take other work, after SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reached an agreement on new exclusivity terms. The agreement, which was approved by the SAG-AFTRA National Board on Aug. 20 — with more than 95% of the board voting in favor — will apply to work under contracts entered into on or after Jan. 1, 2023. Among the key points: • The agreement creates a "conflict-free window" of at least three months during each season, in which performers may accept a permitted appearance on another show or network without first confirming NETFLIX