SAG and DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD DAILY CONTRACT UPDATES
Deadline Hollywood Daily has a full posting of all the most recent back and forth between SAG boards and SAG vs the AMPTP. Below is the full text of the email received by SAG membership on Friday, the 15th.
August 15, 2008
CONTRACT 2008 UPDATE
Discussions Continue
SAG negotiators and industry representatives continue to have informal discussions regarding a […]
Friday Night Lights: How Is This Going to Work Exactly?
You Friday Night Lights fans might find this TV Guide article of interest. I’m wondering how this will work out as well. And will the DirecTV run count as first run and the NBC network run a rerun, or vice versa?
Whatever the case, it’s just another example of the changing landscape for […]
August Production Update from SAG
The following productions has approached SAG about shooting under a SAG signatory agreement. Not all of these projects will necessarily end up going SAG, so ‘buyer’ beware:
American Cartel – Ultra Low Budget
Agave Productions, LLC
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SAG GAMBLE FAILS - AFTRA RATIFIES CONTRACT
The failure of SAGs strategy of derailing the agreement betweent AFTRA and the AMPTP was verified tonight. According to Integrity Voting Systems in Everett, Wash, AFTRA members ratified the agreement with a 62% ‘yes’ vote. That of course means that 38% of the voting membership was opposed to the deal. The total […]
AMPTP TO SAG - ‘FINAL OFFER’ OR ‘LAST, BEST, FINAL OFFER’
While pundits in Hollywood debate whether the AMPTP has actually presented their ‘last, best and final offer’ or just their ‘final offer’, and what the difference is between a ‘final’ offer and a ‘last, best’ final offer, the two sides have broken off talks until next week.
SAG says it needs time to study the […]
AMPTP PUSHES ALL IN - ‘FINAL OFFER’ IS ON THE TABLE
We don’t know much about what’s going on in the SAG and AMPTP talks but according to Daily Variety, the studio’s ‘final offer’ is now on the table.
With SAG’s feature-primetime contract expiring, the majors have turned up the pressure by making the guild a final offer with increases valued at over $250 million over the […]
SAG and AMPTP still talking as Contract Expiration Nears
Below is the latest email blast sent to SAG member actors with an update on negotiations with the AMPTP:
June 29, 2008
To all SAG members:
Thank you, SAG members! Thousands of you have signed the “Solidarity Statement” over the past four days. In fact, we are working hard to keep up with the overwhelming response and […]
Voting on the AFTRA Contract - Not an easy decision
So, I did what any deep thinking actor would do…I hovered my pencil over the ballot and, in a ouija board like moment, I let the pencil decide on my vote. So don’t blame me, actors who support the AFTRA deal, my pencil said NO.
Actually I spent time reading through the contract summary, spent time […]
SAG Plays Waiting Game on AFTRA Ratification
Don’t hold your breath for a resolution between SAG and the AMPTP before the June 30th contract expiration. With SAG lambasting the AFTRA agreement and attempting to derail ratification of that agreement, there will be no settlement until the outcome of the AFTRA deal is known. As Daily Variety says in today’s […]
SAG Picks Door No. 3. Opts to Disrupt AFTRA Contract Ratification
If there were any doubt that SAG leadership would do anything to avoid asking SAG membership for a strike authorization vote, just look at the course the SAG and AMPTP negotiations are taking.
A story in Saturday’s Daily Variety online lays out the scenario:
In a move that will unnerve Hollywood, the longtime feud between […]
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