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Screen Actors Guild rejects contract offer: Hollywood producers
Summary from Canada, from articles in English
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The Screen Actors Guild rejected the latest contract offer from Hollywood studios on Thursday but said it was willing to negotiate and presented a counterproposal. (article 1)
" We made it clear our final is our final and that we 're not interested in further counterproposals said Jesse Hiestand (article 1)
The two sides met privately for more than five hours before the producers group released a statement saying the guild was "unreasonably" seeking more than other unions. (article 1)
The studios said they will not make any pay increases retroactive to July 1 if the deal is not ratified by Aug. 15. (article 1)
Doug Allen, SAG's executive director and chief negotiator, called the $250 million estimate " highly inflated saying that proposed raises to actors' minimum wages would not benefit the higher-paid actors. (article 1)
It is seeking greater compensation for DVDs, something writers, directors and a smaller actors union couldn't secure in their negotiations. (article 1)
" The last thing we need is a long, hot summer of labour strife that puts even more pressure on a badly struggling economy and deprives audiences of the entertainment they clearly desire in such difficult times the alliance said (article 1)
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SAG, Actors, Guild, studios, producers |
Source articles
- Screen Actors Guild rejects contract offer: Hollywood producers (cbc.ca, 07/11/2008, 319 words)
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