Richard Lightstone, CAS Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 SAG NATIONAL BOARD APPROVES TENTATIVE DEAL A badly split SAG national board approved a two-year tentative deal on its feature-primetime contract, triggering a ratification vote by the guild’s 120,000 members. The board’s approval came Sunday, two days after SAG execs and the congloms hammered out the final details of the pact. The biz is breathing a little easier now that SAG is on the verge of finalizing a film and TV contract with the majors. But the end of this tortuous yearlong negotiation process hardly means the end of strife within the Screen Actors Guild. The battles that raged internally and externally over the contract only heightened the intensity of the political and ideological conflicts that engulf SAG's various factions. The stage is thus set for more brawling in the next few months as campaigning for the guild's fall election of officers -- including a possible successor to Alan Rosenberg as national prexy -- and board members gets under way. The campaigning is sure to turn on two polarizing issues that go to the heart of SAG's biggest headaches: the prospect of a merger with rival thesp union AFTRA, and the question of implementing qualified voting on guild contracts. Full story here: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002592.html?categoryid=18&cs=1 RL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Birchfiel Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 I would like to thank you again for keeping us updated on the SAG saga. LETS GET TO WORK!!!! Thanks again Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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