SAG, AMPTP Set Date to Begin Negotiations
Posted on: Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 09:00 CDT
Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild said it has agreed to begin formal contract negotiations with a group of television and film producers this month.
SAG is to begin formal talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers April 15 at AMPTP headquarters in Encino, Calif.
Now that we have concluded our Wages and Working Conditions process and the SAG National Board has approved our proposal package, we look forward to productive negotiations, Screen Actors Guild National Executive Director Doug Allen said in a statement posted on the SAG Web site.
The Screen Actors Guild, which describes itself as the largest labor union representing working actors in the United States, said it will have no further comment at this time.
The entertainment industry suffered a huge blow recently when the Writers Guild of America went on strike against the AMPTP for several months, shutting down nearly all scripted television shows in the United States.
Source: United Press International
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Posted by Michael Russnow on 04/21/2008, 19:47 Regarding the SAG/AFTRA Negotiations and their conflicts, I think it appropriate to take a look at an article I recently wrote for The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-russnow/the-sag-negotiations-two_b_92973.html It features a couple of one minute videos by German Film and TV actors, Andreas Stenschke and Detlef Behr, who express support for the betterment of U.S. actors and the hopes that they can achieve the same results in Europe. |
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