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Page 1 of 4 Strike Zone: SAG/AFTRAMay 27, 2008, 04:55 PM ET
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SAG needs time to analyze offer With actors working under a contract that expired a day earlier, SAG officials met Wednesday with studio reps for roughly four hours, discussing details of what the studios called their "final offer." Full story July 1, 2008 SAG painted into a corner With its final offer just hours before the screen actors contract expired Monday night, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers issued a dare to SAG: Take the deal or go take your strike vote. Full story Guild pores over AMPTP package Relative silence gripped the Hollywood labor front Tuesday, one day after SAG's TV/theatrical contract expired on the heels of a final offer from the studios. Full story June 30, 2008 SAG contract to expire at 12:01 a.m. Negotiators for SAG and the studios kept bargaining Monday as the final hours of the guild's contract ticked away. Full story June 29, 2008 SAG talking, clock ticking As the final hours of SAG's contract with Hollywood's studios slide away, it's clear that fans of final-reel turnarounds are likely to be disappointed. Full story June 27, 2008 Film and TV production lagging in Canada TORONTO -- Canadian studio operators are eyeing the horizon for U.S. film and TV shoots like sailors lost at sea as the SAG contract talks in Los Angeles put a damper on production. Full story June 26, 2008 George Clooney pens letter over talks If SAG and AFTRA were warring countries, then George Clooney would be Switzerland. The actor on Thursday released a two-page message that gives a neutral position, laying out both sides of the fighting union's positions and focusing on the issues of the working actor. Full story June 25, 2008 It's decision time for SAG For the industry, D-Day is Monday, when SAG's contract with the Hollywood studios expires. But does that "D" stand for disaster? Denouement? Or simply delay? Full story WGA blasts hidden integration The WGA West has called for the FCC to establish guidelines that require on-screen "real time" disclosure when placement or integration of a product on a TV show occurs. Full story June 24, 2008 A-listers fire back for SAG The battle of dueling A-listers heated up Tuesday as SAG enlisted 67 actors -- including Jack Nicholson, Ben Stiller and Martin Sheen -- to back its campaign against the ratification of AFTRA's tentative pact with the studios and networks. Full story Arbitrator rules against SAG in ad tiffs A New York arbitrator has ruled that SAG must engage in mandatory bargaining when it comes to determining how much money advertisers should allocate to the union's health and pension fund when it involves a campaign that includes covered and noncovered work. Full story June 23, 2008 More oppose SAG's quest The blowback from SAG's decision to oppose the ratification of sister union AFTRA's agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers increased Monday. Full story June 22, 2008 Headache for SAG SAG celebrated its 75th anniversary this weekend in the face of a grim reality: There are only eight days left to negotiate a deal with the major producers and studios before its TV/theatrical contract expires. Full story June 18, 2008 SAG, Sandra Oh go 'robo' SAG members answering the phone Wednesday might have heard a familiar voice on the other end: Sandra Oh. Full story June 17, 2008 Questions loom in SAG-AMPTP talks As SAG inches closer to the June 30 expiration date of its TV/theatrical contract, two questions come to the fore. Will SAG extend the contract, enabling its members to keep working while negotiators keep bargaining? Full story June 16, 2008 SAG's Rosenberg proposes debate On Monday, SAG president Alan Rosenberg, citing the spread of misinformation, proposed that SAG and AFTRA hold an official debate on the issues involving AFTRA's newly brokered primetime/TV contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. Full story June 15, 2008 SAG tries to mend fences With 15 days left before SAG's contract with the producers expires, the guild's national negotiating committee pushed a message of unity on Friday in an effort to salvage the divisiveness that has erupted in its battle against AFTRA and its newly brokered primetime/TV contract. Full story June 12, 2008 SAG deal in June? Don't count on it Chances for an actors deal by a June 30 deadline grew considerably slimmer Thursday. In a three-page update on film and TV contract talks with SAG, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers told 350 member companies its negotiators are "frustrated and discouraged (that) SAG's Hollywood leadership is already saying that it's unlikely a deal will be made by June 30." Full story Strike would spell big trouble for TV Two of the biggest victims of the WGA strike -- the Television Critics Assn. press tour and the Beverly Hilton hotel -- might be among the first to face a fallout from a potential SAG strike. Full story Potential strike already affecting film As the clock ticks ever closer to the June 30 end of SAG's contract, the industry is nervously contemplating the possibility of yet another strike -- even as it admits that, at least in terms of film production, a de facto strike already exists. Full story June 11, 2008 SAG fact-checks AFTRA deal SAG continued its anti-AFTRA primetime/TV contract campaign Wednesday with a Town Hall meeting in Hollywood for its members to educate them about the new deal by their rival actors union. Full story June 10, 2008 East Coast SAG brass: 'We were lied to' East Coast members of SAG's national leadership board are fuming over what they say were lies told by union president Alan Rosenberg and national executive director Doug Allen about the nature of Monday's rally. Full story June 9, 2008 SAG holds rally to oppose AFTRA deal SAG took its battle with the studios to the sidewalk outside its headquarters for a Monday morning rally with members, vowing to fight the good fight for a fair deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and urging them to vote against the newly brokered AFTRA contract with the majors. Full story June 8, 2008 SAG's ploy has AFTRA brass furious As SAG enters its 25th day of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, the union will hold a rally Monday morning at its Los Angeles headquarters for members. Full story June 4, 2008 SAG might twist sister's arm SAG will hold a special session of its executive committee Friday, at which president Alan Rosenberg and national executive director Doug Allen will seek to persuade dual card-holders to oppose ratification of the primetime TV deal recently agreed to by AFTRA and the studios and networks. Full story June 3, 2008 SAG, AMPTP return to table SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers returned to the table Tuesday after a three-day weekend break. Full story. May 30, 2008 SAG, AMPTP take a three-day break SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will take a three-day break before starting up talks again Tuesday. Full story May 28, 2008 AFTRA, AMPTP sign tentative deal After burning the midnight oil Tuesday into Wednesday morning, AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers have reached a tentative three-year deal on the union's primetime TV contract. Full story Gilbert hopes SAG returns with open mind SAG president Alan Rosenberg's immediate predecessor applauded the AFTRA agreement Wednesday and said she hopes its terms aren't rejected out of hand by SAG negotiators. Full story May 26, 2008 No holiday for contract negotiations There were no barbecues or trips to the beach this Memorial Day weekend for members of the contract negotiating teams for AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. The two sides spent the weekend continuing their formal talks over AFTRA's primetime TV contract, known as Exhibit A of the Network Code. The weekend bargaining, the first since talks began May 7, is an indication that both sides might be close to a tentative deal. Full story May 23, 2008 AFTRA members approve Sound Recordings Code AFTRA members have ratified a new national Sound Recordings Code by a 98.5% margin, the union announced Friday. Full story May 20, 2008 SAG brass cheered as members coalesce SAG made a major push at solidarity with more than 400 of its rank-and-file members at a town hall-style meeting to discuss the recent formal negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. Full story May 19, 2008 AFTRA hits new-media stumbling block AFTRA has apparently run into "challenging issues" with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers that may not have a "quick or easy" resolution, the performers union president Roberta Reardon told members Monday in an e-mail. Full story May 18, 2008 AFTRA, producers head back to table After a second weekend break, AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers head back to the bargaining table Monday to continue formal talks on a new primetime TV contract that expires June 30. Full story May 15, 2008 Image is all sorts of things For actors, image is everything. And misuse of that image is enough to take someone to court for using it without consent. Full story May 15, 2008 AFTRA says it is 'making progress' As AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers continue their negotiations, the union sent its members an e-mail newsletter Thursday indicating that though it's limited in what it can divulge about the current talks because of a media blackout, the union is "making progress." Full story May 8, 2008 TV networks still testing new production cycles More television series than ever are staying in continuous production after wrapping their current seasons or starting production on their next season's orders early this year. At the same time many pilots for new shows have yet to be shot. All of this follows the writers strike, which brought production to a halt for two months during the middle of the shooting cycle. Full story May 7, 2008 AFTRA meets with AMPTP A last ditch effort by SAG to keep the negotiations alive between it and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers has been shuttered by sister union AFTRA, which refused to postpone for a third time its scheduled talks with the producers. Full story May 6, 2008 AFTRA, AMPTP to begin talks After two delays at the request of SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, AFTRA comes to the negotiating table and formally starts talks Wednesday on its three-year primetime/TV contract with the producers. Full story May 4, 2008 SAG backs off on DVDs SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will return once again to the bargaining table Monday for what will likely be two days of intense negotiations on the actors' contract, which expires June 30. Full story May 2, 2008 Actors, producers to continue negotiations SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers have agreed to continue their formal talks on the actors contract through Tuesday. Full story April 30, 2008 AMPTP splashes cold water on SAG Any chance that SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will ink a new contract by Friday is all but gone. Full story April 27, 2008 SAG, AMPTP make little progress SAG's contract talks with Hollywood studio reps enter their third week today amid a growing sense that progress has been meager behind closed doors. Full story April 25, 2008 In L.A., no shelter from strike fallout The 100-day writers strike left quite a bruise, as it turns out. Production tracker FilmLA said Thursday that on-location film, TV, commercial and other shoots fell 23% in the first quarter, the sharpest quarterly decline ever recorded. Full story April 24, 2008 SAG outlines new-media value As SAG continued its negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers on Thursday, the actors union sent its second report to membership, outlining their position on new media and why it is important to actors. Full story AFTRA keeps the window open AFTRA is giving SAG an extra week. Whether that's more time to hang itself or to produce an upbeat Hollywood ending to the town's long-running labor drama remains to be seen. Full story Strike's effect still stings The 100-day writers strike left quite a bruise, as it turns out. Production tracker FilmLA said Thursday that on-location film, TV, commercials and other shoots fell 23% in the first quarter, the sharpest quarterly decline ever recorded. Full story April 23, 2008 AFTRA postpones AMPTP negotiations AFTRA is giving SAG an extra week. Whether that's more time to hang itself or to produce an upbeat Hollywood ending to the town's long-running labor drama remains to be seen. Full story April 22, 2008 SAG details 'the squeeze' on members As SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers entered their seventh day of formal negotiations Tuesday, the union sent its first update to members since talks began April 15. Full story April 21, 2008 SAG talks in second week as AFTRA ponders options As SAG and the majors enter their second week of talks, there are a lot of questions and not too many answers about what has happened behind the closed doors at the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers headquarters in Sherman Oaks. Full story No-strike pacts on Yari agenda At least two indie film projects starring A-listers likely won't be disrupted if there's an actors strike in the summer. On Monday, producer Bob Yari said he plans to get SAG no-strike pacts for "Killing Pablo" and "The Governess." Full story April 19, 2008 SAG, AMPTP to resume talks Monday As SAG and the majors enter their second week of talks, there are a lot of questions and not too many answers about what has happened behind the closed doors at the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers headquarters in Sherman Oaks. Full story April 18, 2008 Sides huddle up before Day 4 SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will reconvene this morning in separate caucuses before entering the fourth day of talks in the afternoon, the two sides said Thursday. Full story April 17, 2008 SAG, Film Dept. ink first deal If there is an actors strike, at least one indie film company won't be affected. The Film Department said Wednesday that it has inked completion agreements with SAG for nine pictures that are gearing up for production in the spring and summer. Full story April 16, 2008 SAG, AMPTP talks kick off Negotiators for SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers sat down for the first time Tuesday to begin what is expected to be two weeks of intense talks on the actors union contract, which expires June 30. Full story Strike Zone: SAG/AFTRAMay 27, 2008, 04:55 PM ET
July 2, 2008
SAG needs time to analyze offer With actors working under a contract that expired a day earlier, SAG officials met Wednesday with studio reps for roughly four hours, discussing details of what the studios called their "final offer." Full story July 1, 2008 SAG painted into a corner With its final offer just hours before the screen actors contract expired Monday night, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers issued a dare to SAG: Take the deal or go take your strike vote. Full story Guild pores over AMPTP package Relative silence gripped the Hollywood labor front Tuesday, one day after SAG's TV/theatrical contract expired on the heels of a final offer from the studios. Full story June 30, 2008 SAG contract to expire at 12:01 a.m. Negotiators for SAG and the studios kept bargaining Monday as the final hours of the guild's contract ticked away. Full story June 29, 2008 SAG talking, clock ticking As the final hours of SAG's contract with Hollywood's studios slide away, it's clear that fans of final-reel turnarounds are likely to be disappointed. Full story June 27, 2008 Film and TV production lagging in Canada TORONTO -- Canadian studio operators are eyeing the horizon for U.S. film and TV shoots like sailors lost at sea as the SAG contract talks in Los Angeles put a damper on production. Full story June 26, 2008 George Clooney pens letter over talks If SAG and AFTRA were warring countries, then George Clooney would be Switzerland. The actor on Thursday released a two-page message that gives a neutral position, laying out both sides of the fighting union's positions and focusing on the issues of the working actor. Full story June 25, 2008 It's decision time for SAG For the industry, D-Day is Monday, when SAG's contract with the Hollywood studios expires. But does that "D" stand for disaster? Denouement? Or simply delay? Full story WGA blasts hidden integration The WGA West has called for the FCC to establish guidelines that require on-screen "real time" disclosure when placement or integration of a product on a TV show occurs. Full story June 24, 2008 A-listers fire back for SAG The battle of dueling A-listers heated up Tuesday as SAG enlisted 67 actors -- including Jack Nicholson, Ben Stiller and Martin Sheen -- to back its campaign against the ratification of AFTRA's tentative pact with the studios and networks. Full story Arbitrator rules against SAG in ad tiffs A New York arbitrator has ruled that SAG must engage in mandatory bargaining when it comes to determining how much money advertisers should allocate to the union's health and pension fund when it involves a campaign that includes covered and noncovered work. Full story June 23, 2008 More oppose SAG's quest The blowback from SAG's decision to oppose the ratification of sister union AFTRA's agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers increased Monday. Full story June 22, 2008 Headache for SAG SAG celebrated its 75th anniversary this weekend in the face of a grim reality: There are only eight days left to negotiate a deal with the major producers and studios before its TV/theatrical contract expires. Full story June 18, 2008 SAG, Sandra Oh go 'robo' SAG members answering the phone Wednesday might have heard a familiar voice on the other end: Sandra Oh. Full story June 17, 2008 Questions loom in SAG-AMPTP talks As SAG inches closer to the June 30 expiration date of its TV/theatrical contract, two questions come to the fore. Will SAG extend the contract, enabling its members to keep working while negotiators keep bargaining? Full story June 16, 2008 SAG's Rosenberg proposes debate On Monday, SAG president Alan Rosenberg, citing the spread of misinformation, proposed that SAG and AFTRA hold an official debate on the issues involving AFTRA's newly brokered primetime/TV contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. Full story June 15, 2008 SAG tries to mend fences With 15 days left before SAG's contract with the producers expires, the guild's national negotiating committee pushed a message of unity on Friday in an effort to salvage the divisiveness that has erupted in its battle against AFTRA and its newly brokered primetime/TV contract. Full story June 12, 2008 SAG deal in June? Don't count on it Chances for an actors deal by a June 30 deadline grew considerably slimmer Thursday. In a three-page update on film and TV contract talks with SAG, the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers told 350 member companies its negotiators are "frustrated and discouraged (that) SAG's Hollywood leadership is already saying that it's unlikely a deal will be made by June 30." Full story Strike would spell big trouble for TV Two of the biggest victims of the WGA strike -- the Television Critics Assn. press tour and the Beverly Hilton hotel -- might be among the first to face a fallout from a potential SAG strike. Full story Potential strike already affecting film As the clock ticks ever closer to the June 30 end of SAG's contract, the industry is nervously contemplating the possibility of yet another strike -- even as it admits that, at least in terms of film production, a de facto strike already exists. Full story June 11, 2008 SAG fact-checks AFTRA deal SAG continued its anti-AFTRA primetime/TV contract campaign Wednesday with a Town Hall meeting in Hollywood for its members to educate them about the new deal by their rival actors union. Full story June 10, 2008 East Coast SAG brass: 'We were lied to' East Coast members of SAG's national leadership board are fuming over what they say were lies told by union president Alan Rosenberg and national executive director Doug Allen about the nature of Monday's rally. Full story June 9, 2008 SAG holds rally to oppose AFTRA deal SAG took its battle with the studios to the sidewalk outside its headquarters for a Monday morning rally with members, vowing to fight the good fight for a fair deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and urging them to vote against the newly brokered AFTRA contract with the majors. Full story June 8, 2008 SAG's ploy has AFTRA brass furious As SAG enters its 25th day of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, the union will hold a rally Monday morning at its Los Angeles headquarters for members. Full story June 4, 2008 SAG might twist sister's arm SAG will hold a special session of its executive committee Friday, at which president Alan Rosenberg and national executive director Doug Allen will seek to persuade dual card-holders to oppose ratification of the primetime TV deal recently agreed to by AFTRA and the studios and networks. Full story June 3, 2008 SAG, AMPTP return to table SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers returned to the table Tuesday after a three-day weekend break. Full story. May 30, 2008 SAG, AMPTP take a three-day break SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will take a three-day break before starting up talks again Tuesday. Full story May 28, 2008 AFTRA, AMPTP sign tentative deal After burning the midnight oil Tuesday into Wednesday morning, AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers have reached a tentative three-year deal on the union's primetime TV contract. Full story Gilbert hopes SAG returns with open mind SAG president Alan Rosenberg's immediate predecessor applauded the AFTRA agreement Wednesday and said she hopes its terms aren't rejected out of hand by SAG negotiators. Full story May 26, 2008 No holiday for contract negotiations There were no barbecues or trips to the beach this Memorial Day weekend for members of the contract negotiating teams for AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. The two sides spent the weekend continuing their formal talks over AFTRA's primetime TV contract, known as Exhibit A of the Network Code. The weekend bargaining, the first since talks began May 7, is an indication that both sides might be close to a tentative deal. Full story May 23, 2008 AFTRA members approve Sound Recordings Code AFTRA members have ratified a new national Sound Recordings Code by a 98.5% margin, the union announced Friday. Full story May 20, 2008 SAG brass cheered as members coalesce SAG made a major push at solidarity with more than 400 of its rank-and-file members at a town hall-style meeting to discuss the recent formal negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. Full story May 19, 2008 AFTRA hits new-media stumbling block AFTRA has apparently run into "challenging issues" with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers that may not have a "quick or easy" resolution, the performers union president Roberta Reardon told members Monday in an e-mail. Full story May 18, 2008 AFTRA, producers head back to table After a second weekend break, AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers head back to the bargaining table Monday to continue formal talks on a new primetime TV contract that expires June 30. Full story May 15, 2008 Image is all sorts of things For actors, image is everything. And misuse of that image is enough to take someone to court for using it without consent. Full story May 15, 2008 AFTRA says it is 'making progress' As AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers continue their negotiations, the union sent its members an e-mail newsletter Thursday indicating that though it's limited in what it can divulge about the current talks because of a media blackout, the union is "making progress." Full story May 8, 2008 TV networks still testing new production cycles More television series than ever are staying in continuous production after wrapping their current seasons or starting production on their next season's orders early this year. At the same time many pilots for new shows have yet to be shot. All of this follows the writers strike, which brought production to a halt for two months during the middle of the shooting cycle. Full story May 7, 2008 AFTRA meets with AMPTP A last ditch effort by SAG to keep the negotiations alive between it and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers has been shuttered by sister union AFTRA, which refused to postpone for a third time its scheduled talks with the producers. Full story May 6, 2008 AFTRA, AMPTP to begin talks After two delays at the request of SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, AFTRA comes to the negotiating table and formally starts talks Wednesday on its three-year primetime/TV contract with the producers. Full story May 4, 2008 SAG backs off on DVDs SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will return once again to the bargaining table Monday for what will likely be two days of intense negotiations on the actors' contract, which expires June 30. Full story May 2, 2008 Actors, producers to continue negotiations SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers have agreed to continue their formal talks on the actors contract through Tuesday. Full story April 30, 2008 AMPTP splashes cold water on SAG Any chance that SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will ink a new contract by Friday is all but gone. Full story April 27, 2008 SAG, AMPTP make little progress SAG's contract talks with Hollywood studio reps enter their third week today amid a growing sense that progress has been meager behind closed doors. Full story April 25, 2008 In L.A., no shelter from strike fallout The 100-day writers strike left quite a bruise, as it turns out. Production tracker FilmLA said Thursday that on-location film, TV, commercial and other shoots fell 23% in the first quarter, the sharpest quarterly decline ever recorded. Full story April 24, 2008 SAG outlines new-media value As SAG continued its negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers on Thursday, the actors union sent its second report to membership, outlining their position on new media and why it is important to actors. Full story AFTRA keeps the window open AFTRA is giving SAG an extra week. Whether that's more time to hang itself or to produce an upbeat Hollywood ending to the town's long-running labor drama remains to be seen. Full story Strike's effect still stings The 100-day writers strike left quite a bruise, as it turns out. Production tracker FilmLA said Thursday that on-location film, TV, commercials and other shoots fell 23% in the first quarter, the sharpest quarterly decline ever recorded. Full story April 23, 2008 AFTRA postpones AMPTP negotiations AFTRA is giving SAG an extra week. Whether that's more time to hang itself or to produce an upbeat Hollywood ending to the town's long-running labor drama remains to be seen. Full story April 22, 2008 SAG details 'the squeeze' on members As SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers entered their seventh day of formal negotiations Tuesday, the union sent its first update to members since talks began April 15. Full story April 21, 2008 SAG talks in second week as AFTRA ponders options As SAG and the majors enter their second week of talks, there are a lot of questions and not too many answers about what has happened behind the closed doors at the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers headquarters in Sherman Oaks. Full story No-strike pacts on Yari agenda At least two indie film projects starring A-listers likely won't be disrupted if there's an actors strike in the summer. On Monday, producer Bob Yari said he plans to get SAG no-strike pacts for "Killing Pablo" and "The Governess." Full story April 19, 2008 SAG, AMPTP to resume talks Monday As SAG and the majors enter their second week of talks, there are a lot of questions and not too many answers about what has happened behind the closed doors at the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers headquarters in Sherman Oaks. Full story April 18, 2008 Sides huddle up before Day 4 SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will reconvene this morning in separate caucuses before entering the fourth day of talks in the afternoon, the two sides said Thursday. Full story April 17, 2008 SAG, Film Dept. ink first deal If there is an actors strike, at least one indie film company won't be affected. The Film Department said Wednesday that it has inked completion agreements with SAG for nine pictures that are gearing up for production in the spring and summer. Full story April 16, 2008 SAG, AMPTP talks kick off Negotiators for SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers sat down for the first time Tuesday to begin what is expected to be two weeks of intense talks on the actors union contract, which expires June 30. Full story April 14, 2008 SAG, studios head to table After months of industrywide angst, SAG will sit down at the bargaining table Tuesday with Hollywood studios and the networks. Full story Ahead of talks, SAG axes petition SAG's national board has sidelined attempts by a faction of members that would have limited voting on the upcoming TV/film contract, as well as any strike authorization. Full story April 9, 2008 IATSE, AMPTP agree to break IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers have agreed to continue at a later date their "opening round" of contract talks to make way for the upcoming separate negotiations the producers have with SAG and AFTRA. Full story April 7, 2008 AMPTP: Share revenue 'fairly' The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers on Monday issued an "open letter" indicating its desire to "share fairly" the revenue generated from new media and other areas with the industry's talent. Full story April 3, 2008 AFTRA leaving a window open SAG will have less than two weeks to negotiate its film and TV contract before its sister performers union AFTRA sits down to negotiate its own pact. Full story April 2, 2008 SAG has first line in talks SAG has beaten AFTRA to the bargaining table. On April 15, SAG plans to sit down with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers to begin formal negotiations on a new contract. Full story AFTRA sets date with AMPTP SAG will have less than two weeks to negotiate its film and TV contract before its sister performers union AFTRA sits down to negotiate its own pact. Full story April 1, 2008 Actors rush to get in first word As the waters receded Monday from the labor tsunami that hit Hollywood two days earlier, leaders of SAG and AFTRA began moving forward in preparations to sit down with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. Full story March 31, 2008 SAG, AFTRA face a race to the table The feud between SAG and AFTRA is nothing new. But the decision Saturday by AFTRA's national board to suspend its joint bargaining agreement with SAG has heightened the bad blood between the actors unions to Hatfield and McCoy status. Full story March 30, 2008 Actors unions butt heads over negotiations The feud between SAG and AFTRA is nothing new. But the critical decision Saturday by AFTRA's national board to suspend its joint bargaining agreement with SAG, known as Phase One, has heightened the bad blood between the actors unions to Hatfield and McCoy levels. Full story Is SAG going to strike? Though its contract will expire at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, July 1, no strike authorization has been given by membership, nor has one been sought by SAG leadership. It is expected that SAG will continue to negotiate a new contract and members will continue to work under the old agreement. Numerous A-list actors, such as Jack Nicholson, Ben Stiller and Sandra Oh, have weighed in on the SAG/AMPTP negotiations. What affect will these statements have on the talks? Hollywood's big names have come down on both sides of the issue. Some, like George Clooney , have come down in the middle. These statements will likely have some affect, but the impact is difficult to measure. What is at the heart of the dispute? SAG is seeking, among other items, residuals for members' work seen online, increased residual payments for DVDs, and increases in pension and health contributions from studios. What happens July 8? Results from a deal, worked out between AFTRA leadership and AMPTP, and put to a vote of the general membership, are expected. SAG is urging its members -- approximately 44,000 belong to both SAG and AFTRA -- to vote down the proposal. Why has no contract materialized? SAG blames claims that AMPTP's offer is considerably worse than what AFTRA's leadership has negotiated with the studios. AMPTP, on the other hand, claims SAG is refusing to negotiation in earnest until after July 8, when the results of its anti-AFTRA will be known. Has the stalemate caused any financial impact? Studios and production houses are postponing starting work until a deal is reached, effectively causing a work stoppage. The pinch also is being felt across the border in Canada, where studio operators say the SAG contract talks are putting a damper on production there. Key Dates & Figures May 28:AFTRA's leadership strikes deal with AMPTP, subject to ratification by members. June 18:Sandra Oh urges dual SAG and AFTRA members to vote down AFTRA proposal. The following week, she is followed both additional A-list talent, including Jack Nicholson and Ben Stiller. June 30:SAG's contract with the studios expires July 7:Deadline for AFTRA members to cast vote on AMPTP contract July 8:Ratification vote results to be announced Length of WGA strike:100 days Estimated Cost:$2.5 billion in lost revenues
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