Article: Will sag talks snag? Guild, majors back to the table after AFTRA deal.(Screen Actors Guild)(American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)

Article: SAG enters combat zone: more sniping over AFTRA ...
Daily Variety;  June 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... that we vote down that AFTRA deal now," said SAG prexy Alan Rosenberg ... ratification would help SAG. But Rosenberg insisted that the AFTRA deal will make it even more ... should vote for the AFTRA deal," he added. SAG will hold a membership ...

Article: AFTRA deal still elusive.(American Federation of ...
Daily Variety;  May 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... With rival thesp union Go to Variety.com SAG champ- for the latest on ing at the bit ... instead to spend the time negotiating with SAG since the guild controls all feature work ... being hesitant about making a deal prior to SAG's. Such a pact will probably be heavily ...

Article: SAG subverts AFTRA's pact.(Screen Actors Guild and ...
Daily Variety;  June 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... that the tentative AFTRA deal and its pending ratification ... within several days of SAG's June 30 contract ... nations clauses SAG might be able to ... improvements in the AFTRA deal." Reardon and AFTRA ... uphill battle for SAG to persuade its dual ... to vote down the AFTRA ...

Article: SAG, biz await AFTRA outcome.
Daily Variety;  June 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... not yet matched the AFTRA deal. Should the deal ... authorized to strike. SAG's insisted such ... vote against the AFTRA deal. In a display ad ... the prospect of a SAG strike as "harmful ... Sarandon backing the AFTRA deal while Viggo Mortensen ... Ben Stiller endorse ...

Article: SAG Nixes final offer: stalemate may leave town limbo for ...
Daily Variety;  July 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... AFTRA primetime deal. SAG's rejection came ... failing to defeat the AFTRA deal, which was approved ... of resolution plus SAG's failure to defeat the AFTRA deal have led to a growing ... among producers that SAG's not going to strike ...

Article: SAG leader says smaller actors union should reject deal ...
AP Worldstream;  June 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... proposed AFTRA contract, SAG said. About 44,000 ... essential to vote down that AFTRA deal. We are engaged in the ... was unfortunate that SAG was focusing on its sister ... said. He called the AFTRA deal pretty pathetic and said ... class actors. Former SAG president and Emmy ...

Article: Hanks sides with AFTRA in SAG feud.(Tom Hanks, American ...
Daily Variety;  June 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... by Hanks and others blasts SAG leaders for forcing the industry ... asserting that voting down the AFTRA deal will force AFTRA to join SAG at the bargaining table to ... that they had endorsed the AFTRA deal. SAG has not yet scheduled a strike ...