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Article: SAG, biz await AFTRA outcome.
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- June 30, 2008
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The Screen Actors Guild's feature-primetime contract expires at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, but SAG's attempted to reassure the town by proclaiming it's not going on strike any time soon.
"We have taken no steps to initiate a strike authorization vote by the members of Screen Actors Guild," said Alan Rosenberg in a statement Sunday. "Any talk about a strike or a management lockout at this point is simply a distraction. The Screen Actors Guild national negotiating committee is coming to the bargaining table every day in good faith to negotiate a fair contract for actors."
For their part, the majors weren't impressed and accused SAG of stalling so their leaders ...