Archive for the ‘Nikki Finke’ Category

IATSE GETTING THE ‘SAG’ TREATMENT FROM AMPTP

February 26th, 2009

For some time now I’ve wondered why SAG wasn’t getting more support from our fellow workers in the film industry as we try to come to a contract agreement with the AMPTP. If you read the various forums, most of the talk has been of the ‘just settle the contract so we can all get [...]

Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily Take on SAG AMPTP Negotiations

February 19th, 2009

Why The Smoke & Mirrors, SAG & AMPTP? I don’t see why the SAG National Majority and their pals, the Big Media labor lawyers, are needing to waste more than an hour in talks since all they’re doing is Xeroxing AFTRA’s TV/Theatrical Contract. These past two days have consisted of nothing more than playing at [...]