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State of the Union

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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David Dean Bottrell

If the new SAG leadership doesn't rapidly start taking all the painful, but necessary steps to merge with AFTRA, we are fucked.

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SAG's Strange Voyage

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.19.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Where did the Screen Actors Guild go? After months of news, the guild fell off the radar screen. The quiet was deceptive however.

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SAG Hardliners: The Trojan Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.13.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

SAG's Hollywood branch, dominated by the hardline Membership First faction, has passed a motion forming a task force to explore "acquisition of actors...

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SAG-AFTRA Ad Deal Done

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.02.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

SAG and AFTRA reached a deal with the advertising industry, retaining the compensation structure for broadcast network commercials, and resisting the industry's attempt to reduce pension and health contributions.

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The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight Strikes Again

Mike Farrell | Posted 01.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Membership First, Aftra, Sag, Screen Actors Guild, DVD Residuals, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Movies, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Mike Farrell

SAG wants a strike that will put the few casts and crews now working on SAG projects out on the street with millions of other Americans.

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SAG: When Will There Be a Deal?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 01.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

If there's a strike, we may be looking at next fall before there's a deal. In a nightmare scenario, all bets are off.

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Exclusive: SAG-AFTRA New Media Battle?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 01.11.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Although no one else has publicly raised this issue to my knowledge, buried in the SAG deal on the table are the seeds of a scathing fight for control of the future of new media.

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SAG-AFTRA Non-Disparagement?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 01.07.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

A month and a half ago, SAG and AFTRA signed an agreement not to disparage each other, with significant fines apparently being the consequence for vio...

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Phase One Reanimator

Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.05.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Aieee, it's alive! Remember Phase One? That's the 27 year old joint bargaining arrangement between SAG and AFTRA that collapsed this spring.

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Acting Like Change Is at Hand

Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 10.20.2008 | Entertainment

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Annabelle Gurwitch

Yesterday brought exciting news for many SAG members who voted to elect candidates endorsed by and representing our interests who banded together to form the group Unite for Strength.

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AFTRA Video Interview

Jonathan Handel | Posted 10.13.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

AFTRA's got a deal, but SAG doesn't. Variety says AFTRA's been signing up new TV shows. What else is going on with this union, a smaller rival to th...

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Live Streaming Video Interview with AFTRA National Executive Director

Jonathan Handel | Posted 10.07.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

On Look at LA this week, I'm doing a live streaming video interview with AFTRA's National Executive Director, Kim Roberts Hedgpeth. As you probably k...

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SAG Slate Interviews: Disappointment

Jonathan Handel | Posted 10.01.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

As I've said, if SAG were willing to accept the studios' new media framework, it would more than likely be able to negotiate some of the other issues that matter.

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TV Shows and Films May or May Not Be in Jeopardy: Nonetheless, Studios Won't Have it So Easy Screwing the Talent

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Detlef Behr, Sag, Dga, Andreas Stenschke, Movies, Dvds, Doug Allen, Writers Guild of America, Aftra, Directors Guild, Residuals, Royalties, Screen Actors Guild, Alan Rosenberg, Wga, Michael Russnow, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

Thanks to the WGA strike, management now takes the artistic community seriously, but it couldn't have been accomplished without the support provided by the Screen Actors Guild.

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Looking at the World Through SAG-Colored Glasses

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.19.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Day by day, the Screen Actors Guild's Hollywood leadership stumbles deeper into a morass, dragging behind it a bewildered and divided membership.

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TV And Radio Actors Sign Deal With Hollywood

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES — The major Hollywood studios have told the Screen Actors Guild that if the union does not accept its final contract offer by Aug. 1...

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Further Thoughts on AFTRA and SAG

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Expanding on my previous post, I do want to acknowledge the obvious: this vote was a strong victory for AFTRA, especially in light of SAG's aggressive...

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Narrow Margin: AFTRA Ratifies Primetime Contract by 62.4%

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

SAG will be emboldened by the low yes vote achieved by AFTRA, and is likely to resist compromise with the AMPTP for some time to come.

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Qualified Voting Redux

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.13.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Ironically, while spurning qualified voting for their own union, SAG's leadership urges it on AFTRA.

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Screen Actors Guild: What's Next?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.09.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Hollywood's quiet today. Still, with the studios' "final offer" on the table, the natural question is, what happens next -- and will there be a strike?

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AMPTP Makes Final Offer to SAG

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.08.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

I'm advised by a AMPTP spokesman that this offer tracks the AFTRA and DGA/WGA deals in terms of minimums, new media, and other provisions.

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Marxism in Hollywood

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.06.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

Marx posited that history repeats itself: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. This year seems proof of that with the SAG commercials contract expiring this fall.

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George Clooney Plays Peacemaker In Actors Dispute

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 07.05.2008 | Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES — George Clooney just wants actors to get along instead of choosing between sparring unions. In a two-page letter released Thursday...

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Curtain Call

Jonathan Handel | Posted 06.25.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Handel

It's time for SAG to put its full efforts into crafting the best deal it can get, rather than try to derail the AFTRA primetime deal.

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Hollywood Studios And TV Union Strke Deal

Los Angeles Times | Richard Verrier and Claudia Eller | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business

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The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists early this morning reached a new contract with Hollywood studios, increasing pressure on the l...

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