The SAG-AFTRA board voted Saturday to extend the contract of Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the national executive director, for four years and to add CEO to his title.
\n\nCrabtree-Ireland’s contract was set to expire in 2028, but will now run through June 20, 2032. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but he was paid $1.1 million for the 2026 fiscal year.
\n\nThe extension will carry Crabtree-Ireland through the next round of negotiations with the major studios, with the current deal set to expire in June 2030. In a statement, the union said that the extension will offer “added stability and continuity for the union during a time of unprecedented industry disruption.”
\n\nCrabtree-Ireland has spent nearly his entire career at the union, serving as general counsel and chief operating officer before being named national executive director in 2021. He has made artificial intelligence a key focus of the union’s negotiations, reaching a series of agreements that aim to allow performers to capture the upside of AI while protecting them from unauthorized uses of their likenesses. He was also a central figure in the 2023 actors’ strike.
\n\nSean Astin, the president of SAG-AFTRA, praised Crabtree-Ireland in a statement after the vote.
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