Commercials contract ballots out Thursday

Talk about low-key, I totally forgot about this.

To me this is a no-brainer.I’m voting “Yes” on this one. You?

Ballots are due May 21st.

From Variety:

The commercials deal marked a return to joint negotiations by SAG and AFTRA, which split angrily a year ago and negotiated separate primetime deals. The unions and the ad industry reached the tentative agreement — which represents a $36 million pay hike over three years, including $21 million more in pension and health contributions — on April 1.

The commercials pact, which covers nearly $1 billion in annual blurb work, will be retroactive to April 1 and run through March 31, 2012. SAG and AFTRA staged a bitter six-month strike in 2000 against the ad industry, but the tough economic times plus a shift in control of SAG’s national board to a more moderate faction last fall provided strong indications that a commercials strike was unlikely.