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06-30: NEGOTIATIONS INFORMATION

Dear Screen Actors Guild Member:

Your national negotiating committee and the industry bargained throughout the weekend and are continuing bargaining today. Nonetheless, the Screen Actors Guild Codified Basic and Television Agreements which cover television programs and motion pictures expire tonight at midnight. All members should continue to report to work and to audition for new work past the expiration date until further notice from the Guild. Such work will be covered under the terms of the expired television and theatrical agreements.

Suzy,

This is interesting that there's not going to be a strike. I wonder if that means they are close to negotiating. Or maybe they just don't want more drama.

oh yea maybe no strike

We all need to hold our breaths until July 8th, when AFTRA signs their newly negotiated contracts. If SAG is still in talks at that point, then we should really start worrying. There *could* still be a strike, but let's cross our fingers that there isn't.

I just hope that a strike authorisation vote would fall through. From what I've been reading, the general consensus is that a lot of actors don't want another strike. A strike should be the very last option, I can't believe that both sides are not willing to work harder on finding a suitable compromise.

Screen Actors Guild Meets with AMPTP
Presents a Series of Questions on AMPTP Offer

Los Angeles, July 2, 2008 – The Screen Actors Guild national negotiating committee met with AMPTP negotiators today to present a series of substantive questions on the employers’ proposed package. Guild negotiators and staff will further analyze and review the AMPTP’s responses over the next several days in order to prepare a response to management’s proposal.

The Screen Actors Guild national negotiating committee is working hard to achieve a fair deal for actors. The committee is mindful of its obligation to advance actors’ interests and to safeguard the protections our contracts afford them. Guild negotiators are engaged in, and committed to, the negotiating process and are confident that an equal commitment from management will allow the parties to reach a fair agreement that serves the needs of Screen Actors Guild members, their employers and the industry.


About SAG
Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s largest labor union representing working actors. Established in 1933, SAG has a rich history in the American labor movement, from standing up to studios to break long-term engagement contracts in the 1940s to fighting for artists’ rights amid the digital revolution sweeping the entertainment industry in the 21st century. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG represents over 122,000 actors who work in film and digital television, industrials, commercials, video games, music videos and all other new media formats. The Guild exists to enhance actors’ working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on behalf of artists’ rights. SAG is a proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO. Headquartered in Los Angeles, you can visit SAG online at [Only admins are allowed to see this link] <http://www.sag.org/>.


Contact:
Pamela Greenwalt, Screen Actors Guild
323-549-6872

YEAH Found the 4th clue
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