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Article: Aftra advantage? New skeins gravitating to SAG rival.
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- September 10, 2008
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As the Screen Actors Guild heads into the third month of its contract stalemate with the majors, there's mounting evidence that uncertainty about SAG's future is helping rival union AFTRA make inroads in primetime.
Insiders at TV's major studios say that in situations where the studio has the option to pick between the thesp unions, there has been a stronger inclination to do broadcast network pilots and series under an American Federation of Television and Radio Artists contract rather than with SAG. And there's little wonder why: With the threat of a SAG strike still hanging over the biz, going with AFTRA is like taking out a strikeproof insurance policy.
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