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Smell That? SAG and AMPTP Post “Joint Release” On Tentative Agreement.

In what is being called a “joint release” SAG and the AMPTP are saying that have indeed finally reached a tentative deal. See the full announcement after the jump.

17Apr2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Screen Actors Guild Plans to Take Strike Consent Vote

The national board of the Screen Actors Guild adjourned a marathon 30-hour meeting on Tuesday afternoon without voting on a proposal calling for the removal of Doug Allen, the union’s national executive director, from his role as lead negotiator for the 120,000-member union.

13Jan2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Fox TV delivers blow to SAG

“With all the uncertainty surrounding the stalled negotiations with SAG, 20th Century Fox Television is considering shooting its spring pilots under the AFTRA agreement,” a spokesman said.
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16Dec2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Rumors Say a SAG Strike Vote Before Holidays Likely

“It simply comes down to a few who think they deserve more than everybody else” according to the source. More importantly, SAG leadership “could not care less about the below the line workers” that have been some of the hardest hit by this stalemate.

1Dec2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Actors’ Union Talks Break Down

the producers said: “SAG is the only major Hollywood guild that has failed to negotiate a labor deal in 2008. Now, SAG is bizarrely asking its members to bail out the failed negotiating strategy with a strike vote — at a time of historic economic crisis. The tone-deafness of SAG is stunning.”

23Nov2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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AMPTP, mediator to talk Thursday

The Screen Actors Guild and the majors continue to creep back toward the negotiating table, with federal mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers agreeing to meet again Thursday.

10Nov2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Hollywood actors union seeks authority for strike

In a move that some say is either long overdue or the most ballsy tactic in recent memory, SAG leadership is calling for action.

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2Oct2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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SAG election likely won’t end contract stalemate soon

The balance of power on the national board of the Screen Actors Guild could be shifted after Thursday night, when the union announces results of a hotly contested board election.

17Sep2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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N.Y. actors call for federal mediation

New York Screen Actors Guild leaders say they want federal mediation in their contract negotiations, representing a split with the California leadership.

18Aug2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Transcripts of SAG/AMPTP Meeting Released

Actors guild’s negotiators meeting Friday about response

9Aug2008 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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