Post by jag11 on Dec 14, 2008 20:53:34 GMT -5
The Screen Actors Guild plans to send strike authorization ballots to more than 100,000 union members on Jan. 2, a date that leaves the Golden Globes safe but puts Oscar night within reach of a potential boycott. Votes will be counted on Jan. 23, nearly two weeks after the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, but ahead of the Feb. 22 Academy Awards, the most important date on the Hollywood calendar.
Approval by 75 percent of voting members is required to pass the measure. If it is approved, the SAG national board can call a strike. Guild President Alan Rosenberg has said a strike is the last resort to force a resolution in stalled contract talks with major movie studios, but that if it is necessary, it would be timed to have the most impact.
Lisa Rinna (ex-Billie, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) is hoping actors won't strike. "But the unfortunate thing is it's the only way we're going to get what we want in these times, when it's the worst of the worst," she said Wednesday night at a private book-launch party in Beverly Hills
Approval by 75 percent of voting members is required to pass the measure. If it is approved, the SAG national board can call a strike. Guild President Alan Rosenberg has said a strike is the last resort to force a resolution in stalled contract talks with major movie studios, but that if it is necessary, it would be timed to have the most impact.
Lisa Rinna (ex-Billie, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) is hoping actors won't strike. "But the unfortunate thing is it's the only way we're going to get what we want in these times, when it's the worst of the worst," she said Wednesday night at a private book-launch party in Beverly Hills