Should SAG Put the AMPTP Contract to a Vote?
As 2008 draws to a close with no contract between SAG and the AMPTP, the animosity between factions within SAG has only become more vitriolic. What is the best course of action?
Accept a truly lousy contract now and hope to undo the damage in three years? Or reject the contract and take […]
AMPTP Blasts WGA Stance on Nonpayment of New Media Residuals
A week or two back the WGA went public with its frustration over not receiving residuals from streaming and EST content. The WGA vented their frustration at the same time that the AMPTP was refusing to go back to the bargaining table with SAG. Here is the AMPTP response to WGA assertion that the […]
SAG and the AMPTP trade press releases
The bad blood between SAG and the AMPTP seems to be getting thicker as both sides take to hammering each other with press releases and letters to their memberships.
First is SAGs official release following a full page ad the AMPTP published in the L.A. Times:
Los Angeles, CA (December […]
SAG President Alan Rosenberg Discusses Possible Strike
SAG and AMPTP MEDIATION FAILS - STRIKE VOTE COMING
For some reason a couple of recent posts have disappeared so I’m republishing the following information. The sessions between SAG, AMPTP and a federal MEDIATOR went nowhere last week and now SAG is saying it will ask the membership for a strike authorization vote. Even though I have no desire to see a […]
Alert to SAG Members on Impact of AMPTP Offer
The following was copied from Deadline Hollywood Daily:
THIS IS AN ALERT TO ALL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD MEMBERS
It is imperative to your well being that you read the TV/THEATRICAL NEGOTIATING UPDATE that was recently mailed to you by Screen Actors Guild and check the box showing support for Doug Allen, Alan […]
SAG and AMPTP Still Talking per Allen
SAG members received the following missive from National Exec. Director and Chief Negotiatior, Doug Allen. The impression one would get from reading Daily Variety or listening to other press sources is that there is no ongoing communication and SAG is just stalling with no plan of action in place.
Some of the conventional […]
SAG BOARD UNITED ON NEW MEDIA
Los Angeles, July 26, 2008 — The National Board of Directors of Screen Actors Guild passed the following resolution at its meeting today:
It is a core principle of Screen Actors Guild –That no non-union work shall be authorized to be done under any Screen Actors Guild agreement […]
NEW MEDIA: Amazon.com Offers Streaming Video On Demand
The following story on Amazon.com’s new Video on Demand service appears in newspapers across the country today, 7/18/08. This is just one more example of where film and video distribution is headed. And it is one more example of why the AMPTP is trying to force feed a bad deal on Screen Actors Guild […]
MEDIA TRENDS ANALYSIS BY SCREEN ACTORS GUILD
Today, SAG distributed a white paper July 15, 2008 that is “is an analysis of trends that have emerged or intensified in the media landscape since the Directors Guild of America negotiated its deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on January 17th, 2008.
In sum, what was once termed “new […]
Tommy G. Kendrick