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ACTORS UNIONS ACT UP Wednesday, March 5 2008 
Relations
between
the
Screen
Actors
Guild
and
the
American
Federation
of
Television
and
Radio
Artists
turned
increasingly
frosty
Tuesday
when
AFTRA
President
Robert
Reardon
dispatched
a
letter
to
SAG
President
Alan
Rosenberg
demanding
to
know
by
next
Monday
whether
SAG
will
agreed
to
participate
in
contract
negotiations
with
the
Alliance
of
Motion
Picture
and
Television
Producers
by
the
end
of
the
month.
Reardon
made
it
clear
that
AFTRA
will
do
so
with
or
without
SAG
(more)SAG-AFTRA FEUD ESCALATES Friday, January 18 2008 
As
if
labor
difficulties
between
the
unions
and
the
producers
were
not
unsettling
enough,
a
dispute
between
the
Screen
Actors
Guild
and
the
American
Federation
of
Television
and
Radio
Artists
became
more
rancorous
Thursday
after
SAG
leaders
sent
messages
to
the
membership
urging
that
they
vote
to
allow
the
union's
board
to
terminate
a
joint
bargaining
agreement
with
AFTRA
negotiated
27
years
ago.
The
message
accused
AFTRA
of
launching
an
"assault"
on
contracts
for
basic
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After relatively brief negotiations, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a tentative three-year agreement with ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC on a new contract covering all programs except those that are broadcast during primetime. Joint talks with the Screen Actors Guild covering primetime programs is expected to begin with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers later this month or early April, despite reluctance by SAG leaders to begin early bargaining. The current pact expires at the end of June. In a press release, AFTRA President Roberta Reardon called the agreement "extraordinary for performers" and noted that it included new media jurisdiction and compensation. Details were not disclosed.
