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Article: July heat: SAG sweats AFTRA date.(Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- June 24, 2008
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The contract expires June 30, but for Screen Actors Guild honchos, D-Day really arrives on July 8.
That's the date when ballots--worded in obtuse legalese guaranteed to confuse even the most erudite union member are due and AFTRA unveils the results of its ratification vote on a primetime deal.
The tallies will show SAG leaders how much (or how little) muscle they can flex. If the ballot shows hefty actors' support behind AFTRA's terms, it weakens SAG's efforts at securing better terms. If it's rejected, that would be a sign that many of the 44,000 actors who belong to both guilds have heeded SAG's call for rejection.
On Monday, SAG and the ...