Actors Will Vote on Strike

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Although no date has been set, SAG leadership has begun preparations for a strike-authorization vote after two days of meetings with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers failed to break the 5-month-old deadlock on a new TV/theatrical contract.

The talks, brokered by federal mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez, ended shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday. “We will now launch a full-scale education campaign in support of a strike-authorization referendum,” SAG said. “We will further inform our members about the core, critical issues unique to actors that remain in dispute.”

In response to SAG’s decision to seek strike authorization, the AMPTP said, “SAG is bizarrely asking its members to bail out the failed negotiating strategy with a strike vote — at a time of historic economic crisis. The tone deafness of SAG is stunning.”

The studios’ bargaining arm sent a blistering message to its 300 members, placing the blame on SAG and indicating that it would do everything it could to educate SAG members and the industry about its offer to the actors union and why SAG should accept it.


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