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Variety >> SAG battle likely to continue
4/20/2009 at 7:47 AM by Amy Allen
SAG drama heats up:
SAG battle likely to continue - Entertainment News, NAB/Digital Cinema, Media - Variety.
"The biz is breathing a little easier now that SAG is on the verge of finalizing a film and TV contract with the majors.
But the end of this tortuous yearlong negotiation process hardly means the end of strife within the Screen Actors Guild. The battles that raged internally and externally over the contract only heightened the intensity of the political and ideological conflicts that engulf SAG's various factions."
Past SAG news in Variety:
SAG national board approves tentative deal
SAG, AFTRA reach commercial pact
Timeline: SAG's contract dispute
SAG News
4/15/2009 at 7:33 AM by Amy Allen
The Screen Actors Guild national board meeting happens in three days. The word on the street is that the AMPTP might have to let SAG's contract expire at the same time as the contracts of AFTRA, the WGA, and the DGA, which is something the studios definitely don't want to do. What's the current status of the union drama?
Backstage breaks it down:
"SAG's TV-theatrical negotiations task force convened Tuesday [April 7] for two-plus hours to hear an update on negotiations from interim national executive director David White, who has been engaging in informal talks for several weeks with heads of several of the studios and networks represented by the AMPTP.
