WILL ACTORS STRIKE THE SET?

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	SAG AGREES TO EARLY NEGOTIATIONS WITH NETS, STUDIOS Apr 3 2008
	The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said Wednesday that it plans to begin (more)
	STRIKE TWO? Apr 2 2008
	Under intense pressure to begin negotiations early with movie studios and television studios in order (more)

WILL ACTORS STRIKE THE SET?
Tuesday, April 15 2008

Negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers were set to begin today (Tuesday), with members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists sitting in as observers. On Monday, AFTRA rejected SAG's invitation to rejoin the talks as direct participants, insisting that the "underlying problems" that had caused the split between the two actors' unions had not been resolved. Nevertheless, in a letter to SAG President Doug Allen, AFTRA Executive Director Kim Roberts Hedgpeth sent her union's "best wishes" to the SAG bargaining team "in their efforts to negotiate an excellent contract for performers." Meanwhile, in an interview with Bloomberg News, Allen rejected calls for the union to accept the agreements reached by the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America as templates for its own. "There are whole realms of issues not in the writers' deal or the directors' deal that affect actors only," Rosenberg said.

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 (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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