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So what is up with the SAG Features / TV Contract?

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:21:45 +0000

The Screen Actors Guild and the AMPTP negotiated a contract that the SAG Board agreed to submit to their members for a vote. This vote took place on April 19th, 2009. The next step is for the actual vote to take place which according to a letter to the members of the Guild will [...]

The looming Screen Actors Guild Strike now up to members vote

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:13:47 +0000

On Sunday April 19, 2009 in Los Angeles, The Screen Actors Guild Board of Directors voted to approve a tentative two year successor agreement to the 2005 Producer-Screen Actors Guild Codified Basic Agreement and 2005 Screen Actors Guild Television Agreement.

According the the SAG.org website, the vote margin was [...]

SAG and AFTRA jointly negotiate a new commercials contract

admin — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:31:33 +0000

A joint SAG-AFTRA National Board today, meeting by video conference plenary in Los Angeles and New York, voted unanimously to approve and recommend to members, new three-year AFTRA Television and Radio Commercials Contracts and Screen Actors Guild Television Commercials Contract.

The following is excerpts of information sent to members regarding this meeting and it’s results:

“The proposed agreements, which cover [...]

Health plan to help DGA members

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:55:49 +0000

Variety.com – Labor Issues

Labor Issues: Trustees to waive payments for three months — Trustees of the Directors Guild of America’s health plan have moved to help DGA members who lost eligibility for health care coverage as a result of the 100-day writers strike. Go to Source

SAG, AFTRA call a truce

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:55:47 +0000

Variety.com – Labor Issues

Labor Issues: Unions to negotiate jointly after all — SAG and AFTRA appear to have buried the hatchet on a nasty jurisdictional dispute, clearing the way for joint negotiations on their film-primetime contract in late March or early April.

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DGA pacts with networks

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:55:46 +0000

Variety.com – Labor Issues

Labor Issues: Members ratify deal with ABC, CBS, NBC — Directors Guild of America members have ratified a three-year agreement with ABC, CBS and NBC that covers members who work in news, sports and operations. Go to Source

Post-strike TV production ramps up

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:55:45 +0000

Variety.com – Labor Issues

Labor Issues: Networks scaling back on pilots — Post-strike TV production in Hollywood has been getting back on its feet but remains well behind the levels of a year ago, according to permitting agency Film L.A. Go to Source

AFTRA takes aim at SAG

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:55:45 +0000

Variety.com – Labor Issues Labor Issues: Org tells guild to stop dragging its feet — AFTRA is telling the Screen Actors Guild to stop dragging its feet — and warning that it’s willing to start negotiations as early as this month without SAG. Go to Source

SAG sets date for action

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:55:44 +0000

Variety.com – Labor Issues

Labor Issues: Union will not begin talks until April at earliest — Facing growing pressure to start contract talks as soon as possible, the Screen Actors Guild has dug in its heels and announced it won’t start formal negotiations with the AMPTP until April at the earliest. Go [...]

Feds file WGA embezzling case

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:55:44 +0000

Variety.com – Labor Issues

Labor Issues: Trinh, Howze charged with conspiracy — A former WGA West assistant administrator and another woman have been charged with conspiring to embezzle $17,228 from union funds set up to pay guild members for their works that were sold, distributed and aired abroad.

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Writers endorse new three-year deal

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:55:43 +0000

Variety.com – Labor Issues

Labor Issues: Verrone: ‘Contract is a new beginning’ — In the final act of the WGA strike, scribes have given a 93.6% endorsement to the new three-year deal.

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Film greenlights in limbo

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:55:43 +0000

Variety.com – Labor Issues

Labor Issues: Pic development gives way to strike concerns — The writer’s strike may be over, but the town is still in gridlock mode.

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Prepping for a SAG strike

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:55:42 +0000

Variety.com – Labor Issues
Labor Issues: Insurance coverage offered for work stoppage — As the pressure increases on SAG to start pact talks, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has taken the unusual step of introducing strike insurance. Go to Source