Open warfare has broken out at the Screen Actors Guild over the thwarted attempt to fire national exec director Doug Allen and dissolve the negotiating committee.

The moderate majority of SAG’s national board has delivered written signatures Monday to SAG headquarters to remove Allen and replace him with former SAG general counsel David White, who will serve as the interim exec director.

SAG had no immediate response and it’s unclear whether those changes will pass legal muster with SAG attorneys.

The moderates — who were blocked during a marathon Jan. 12-13 meeting from voting on Allen’s removal — also said that SAG senior adviser John T. McGuire would replace Allen as chief negotiator of all SAG contracts.

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