SAG ASKS AFTRA TO REJOIN TALKS

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SAG ASKS AFTRA TO REJOIN TALKS
Monday, April 14 2008

In an unexpected announcement Sunday night, The Screen Actors Guild, said that it had invited the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists to rejoin bargaining talks with the networks and studios, which are due to begin on Tuesday. The move came two weeks after AFTRA split off from SAG, accusing it of attempting to muscle in on its jurisdiction over actors working on daytime soap operas. An AFTRA spokesperson said that the union would not respond to the SAG invitation until today (Monday) at the earliest. Over the weekend the SAG leadership split over a proposal that would limit voting by members on a new contract to those who have worked at least one day in the prior year. The proposal was sent to a committee for study.

NBC CHIEF: SAG STRIKE WOULD KILL NBC
Tuesday, April 8 2008

NBC would be unable to survive another industry strike, NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker told an advertising industry meeting in Washington Monday. Zucker said that an actors' strike would not affect his company's Universal Studios business. "Our film business has prepared," he said. "But it would have a real impact on the TV business, and I don't think the economy or the TV business would be able to survive something like that." A strike by (more)

AMPTP SAYS IT EXPECTS TO SIGN A DEAL WITH SAG
Tuesday, April 8 2008

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the group that negotiates labor contracts with the movie studios and television networks, said Monday that it expects to sign a contract with the Screen Actors Guild that will essentially be modeled after those already negotiated with the writers' and directors' unions. "If our industry relies on this new framework, we can all avoid more harmful and unnecessary strikes," the AMPTP statement said. However, SAG leaders have (more)

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VIDEO CLIP: JOHN J. SWEENEY ON THE AFTRA-SAG DISPUTE

VIDEO CLIP: SAG, AFTRA SPLIT IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH PRODUCERS

VIDEO CLIP: SAG, AFTRA SPLIT IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH PRODUCERS