With SAG’s feature-primetime talks expected to re-launch next week, allies of president Alan Rosenberg have already declared that any deal that emerges won’t be acceptable.

The Membership First faction, which lost its narrow national board majority last fall, said in a message sent Tuesday that the new task force won’t have the “experience, knowledge or determination” to reach a deal that will be ratified by SAG members.

The declaration’s an indication that any ratification vote sent to SAG’s 120,000 members will face strong opposition.

The move comes two days after 59 percent of the national board re-affirmed its Jan. 26 “written assent” to fire Doug Allen and replace the negotiating committee — which had been dominated by Membership First — with a 10-member task force. SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers haven’t officially announced when they’ll resume talks but next Tuesday is widely expected to be that date.

Allen was ousted due to frustration among SAG’s moderate leaders over his handling of negotiations. SAG’s contract expired June 30 with the companies making a final offer. The move to fire Allen gained momentum after SAG failed to close a deal in November at the last round of talks.

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