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Hollywood producers say SAG rejects contract offer
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The guild's national negotiating committee met in a closed-door strategy session and remains " committed to continuing to bargain for a fair contract SAG said in a statement Friday. (article 4)
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Friday released remarks made at a bargaining session Thursday by Carol Lombardini, the group's executive vice president for business and legal affairs. (article 4)
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said Tuesday that its members had ratified a three-year prime-time TV contract with studios with 62 percent of voting members supporting it, after fierce opposition from the larger Screen Actors Guild. (article 6)
The statistics were released amid claims by the major studios that the industry had slowed to a crawl over fears of an actors' strike. (article 3)
LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday gave its most detailed explanation yet for its rejection of a final contract offer by Hollywood studios, citing shortfalls in pay and union jurisdiction on made-for-Internet productions. (article 2)
In a letter to SAG's 120,000 members , Doug Allen, the guild's executive director, claimed the offer would allow nonunion actors into " almost all new media productions for the foreseeable future. (article 2)
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Actors, SAG, AFTRA, Guild, Producers |
Source articles
- Hollywood actors' union stakes fight on made-for-internet content (cbc.ca, 07/18/2008, 454 words)
- SAG stakes fight on made-for-Internet content (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/17/2008, 466 words)
- Hollywood has busiest filming quarter ever (Washington Post, 07/18/2008, 352 words)
- Actors guild weighs strategy as studios hold firm (Washington Post, 07/19/2008, 434 words)
- Hollywood producers say SAG rejects contract offer (Washington Post, 07/19/2008, 851 words)
- Actors union ratifies deal with Hollywood studios (Washington Post, 07/19/2008, 734 words)
- Letters to the editor (L.A. Times, 07/19/2008, 366 words)
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