After the ouster of the Rosenberg-Allen negotiating team the process of HOPEFULLY settling the contract stalemate has begun. Below are links to some of the coverage of the current negotiations: SAGWatch BLOG From Digital Media Law: SAG and the AMPTP ended their second day of talks at about 10:00 p.m. this evening (Weds.), but will [...]

You probably know the names Scott Wilson and David Clennon, but even if you don’t immediately snap to their name, you’ll surely know their faces. Each of these men has a long and impressive body work as professional actors. Their comments on the importance of residual income are comments that I agree with wholeheartedly. Check [...]

September 29, 2008 Dear Alan and Doug: This is in response to your letter dated September 29, 2008 to Peter Chernin, Robert Iger and me. Your letter indicates that the Screen Actors Guild is not prepared to change its position on any of the threshold issues in our negotiations. The Guild’s position remains unchanged since [...]

Deadline Hollywood Daily has quite a bit of information and opinion on the results of the SAG election, how these results impact the ongoing stalemate with the AMPTP, etc. Here’s the beginning of the DHD coverage. Hit the link above for the full story. The results of the SAG vote elected an equal number of [...]

Los Angeles, September 17, 2008 – The Screen Actors Guild National Negotiating Committee met today and was given the results of the SAG mail-in poll by National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, Doug Allen. 87.27% of the10,298 SAG members who responded to the poll said the union should continue bargaining in an effort to achieve [...]

Reuters today has a pretty good summary of the current state of affairs as SAG looks at preparing to bargain for a new contract with AMPTP. The SAG agreement expires June 30, 2008. Will there be another strike on the heels of the settlement between WGA and AMPTP? I don’t think so, but there are [...]