Article: Peacemaker? Clooney offers fix to unions.(George Clooney )

Article: SAG crossfire: Fox's AFTRA musings tick off guilds.
Daily Variety;  December 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......switching its current TV series from SAG to AFTRA contracts, which earned an immediate...a shift of existing series from SAG to AFTRA but retracted that statement a few...including transitioning shows from SAG to AFTRA. But the statement was altered a...

Article: ... As AFTRA plots solo path.(American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)
Daily Variety;  February 4, 2008 ;     650 words ......inappropriate, Hedgpeth said. The current SAG-AFTRA contract coveting work by actors...with AFTRA begin without SAG, the SAG-AFTRA divorce would become official in...unnoticed during the WGA strike, SAG and AFTRA have gone to the mat during the past...

Article: SAG reconciles with AFTRA.
Daily Variety;  February 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ......improvements for all actors working under SAG and AFTRA contracts, SAG president Alan Rosenberg said...to start talks by March 31. The SAG-AFTRA contract covers feature and primetime...added. But the reconciliation of SAG and AFTRA--under the terms of the 1981 Phase...

Article: Splitsville for SAG, AFTRA?(Screen Actors Guild)(American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)
Daily Variety;  January 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ...SAG and AFTRA's upcoming film-TV contract negotiations...black-and-white television, said Rosenberg. The SAG-AFTRA negotiations process is being closely...contracts for similar work. That prompted AFTRA to accuse SAG of trying to muscle its way into control...

Article: SAG vs. AFTRA: a timeline.(Screen Actors Guild and )(Chronology)
Daily Variety;  July 9, 2008 ;     617 words ...The bad blood between SAG and AFTRA--culminating in the unprecedented...loss of SAG's identity. * 2000: SAG and AFTRA strike the ad industry for six...pension and health plans. * 2004: SAG and AFTRA agree to extend the feature-primetime...

Article: Aftra advantage? New skeins gravitating to SAG rival.
Daily Variety;  September 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......network primetime skeins shot on film; SAG and AFTRA have shared jurisdiction over pilots...wasn't much of an issue because the SAG and AFTRA contracts for broadcast network...SAG called a strike, even a dual SAG-AFTRA member would be obligated to continue...

Article: After the storm: AFTRA accepts the deal, so now SAG has to make a big decision.(American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild)
Daily Variety;  July 9, 2008 ;     670 words ......among the 150,000 members repped by SAG and AFTRA. About 44,000 thesps belong to...of aggressive campaigns by both SAG and AFTRA on the ratification vote during...campaign and asserted that combining SAG and AFTRA would lead to greater bargaining...

Article: SAG stance sends pilots to AFTRA.( Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)
Daily Variety;  November 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......leadership is just staggering to us. AFTRA and SAG had no comment about the trend...thesps who are dual members of SAG and AFTRA would be legally obligated to work...going to look like, the exec said. SAG and AFTRA have shared jurisdiction over primetime...

Article: SAG eys guild ties.(Screen Actors Guild)
Daily Variety;  June 12, 2009 ;     679 words ......February have spoken out in favor of a SAG-AFTRA merger as a means of giving both...going to have to decide. Beyond the AFTRA issue, SAG has every reason to strengthen its...wrangling is just around the corner. SAG, AFTRA, WGA and DGA contracts expire in...

Article: SAG, AFTRA make nice.
Daily Variety;  March 12, 2008 ;     560 words ...SAG and AFTRA are moving towards reconcilition and...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] That decision came after AFTRA held SAG's feel to the fire for more than a month...AFTRA and tell SAG members not to work AFTRA contracts. SAG national exec director Doug Allen released...

Article: AFTRA has SAG at arm's length.(American Federation of Television & Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild )
Daily Variety;  May 8, 2008 ;     648 words ......but fill in its response to SAG. The AFTRA primetime negotiating committee...in a statement. After telling SAG to stay on the sidelines, AFTRA launched its talks with the...time in three decades in which SAG and AFTRA haven't negotiated together...

Article: H'w'd infighting: AFTRA accuses SAG of lagging.(American Federation of Television & Radio Artists and Screnn Actors Guild)
Daily Variety;  June 11, 2008 ;     659 words ......also recited a long string of AFTRA complaints about SAG that led to AFTRA's decisionn...negtiations, citing a yearlong AFTRA disparagement campaign. SAG national exec director Doug...morning's rally, with both blaming AFTRA for SAG's lack of progress at negotiations...

Article: High anxiety: biz braces for AFTRA vote.(American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)
Daily Variety;  July 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......000 members who also belong to AFTRA. Both SAG and AFTRA have lobbied hard, and a strong...approval in contract votes. SAG's anti-AFTRA push clearly will lower support...probably keep shooting anyhow. * SAG and AFTRA will have to begin prepping...

Article: AFTRA's talks continue.(American Federation of Television & Radio Artists )(Brief article)
Daily Variety;  May 13, 2008 ;     281 words ......strike fears--since SAG still won't have...feature-primetime contract once AFTRA makes its deal. The...was the same as SAG's but it's expected that AFTRA's leaders may be...joint bargaining with SAG in late March following...jurisdictional disputes. AFTRA's contract covers...