Post by jag11 on Dec 11, 2008 8:51:39 GMT -5
How about another midseason strike?
The Screen Actors Guild could walk out at the end of January. On Wednesday, the actors union told its 120,000 members they have until January 2 to send in their strike authorization ballots. Those results will be announced January 23, and if 75% agree, SAG could go out on strike. The timing is critical--it's right before television's February sweeps, and a month before the entertainment industry's big TV marketing event, the Academy Awards.
TV and film producers--the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers--remain adamant that they will not add more financial benefits to the proposal it submitted to SAG back in June, when the actors union contract expired.
SAG wants further concessions, especially in the area of new digital media platforms. The AMPTP refuses to give SAG more than what other unions that have already struck agreements, such as the Writer's Guild and AFTRA, have gotten.
Last month, a federal mediator was brought in to try to resolve the dispute, but to no avail. Talks broke off again.
The Screen Actors Guild could walk out at the end of January. On Wednesday, the actors union told its 120,000 members they have until January 2 to send in their strike authorization ballots. Those results will be announced January 23, and if 75% agree, SAG could go out on strike. The timing is critical--it's right before television's February sweeps, and a month before the entertainment industry's big TV marketing event, the Academy Awards.
TV and film producers--the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers--remain adamant that they will not add more financial benefits to the proposal it submitted to SAG back in June, when the actors union contract expired.
SAG wants further concessions, especially in the area of new digital media platforms. The AMPTP refuses to give SAG more than what other unions that have already struck agreements, such as the Writer's Guild and AFTRA, have gotten.
Last month, a federal mediator was brought in to try to resolve the dispute, but to no avail. Talks broke off again.