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Article: SAG goes to the polls.(Screen Actors Guild)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- September 2, 2008
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With the stalemate between SAG and the congloms entering its third month, the Screen Actors Guild is pleading with its 120,000 members to back its strategy of holding out for a better deal.
SAG crafted a 14-page newsletter that began hitting member mailboxes over the holiday weekend. Its confrontational tone is certain to add to the frustration among the congloms.
"Your negotiating committee fights on to achieve a fair contract" reads the front-page headline. Other articles are titled "The beginning of the end of residuals" and "Why can't SAG just give in?"
The missive doesn't constitute an official strike authorization vote--even though it ...