SAG Wants to Call For Strike!
Recent Conversations with the AMPTP have lead to SAG wanting to call for a vote to strike! Here’s part of what they issued in a statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the National Negotiating Committee that:
A strike authorization vote of the membership is necessary to overcome the employers’ intransigence, and the Committee therefore recommends that the National Board authorize such a vote be taken; and further recommends:
That the National Board adopt a resolution strongly supporting such an action, and recommending that the membership vote in favor of a strike authorization; and
That the National Board endorse an educational campaign advocating a “yes” membership vote, to give the authority to the National Board to call a strike only if the National Board deems it necessary and unavoidable to do so. “
Not good news, if this strike happens say goodbye to the last half of the current slate of new TV show seasons (minus animation). And expect a serious drop in movies produced over the next year. Movies are exclusively SAG, where some TV is AFTRA, like 90210 for example. If only the AMPTP (Big Wigs) would stop being so greedy.
Source: Deadline Hollywood Daily
POSTED BY: Nick Wolfwood
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