SAG President Alan Rosenberg releases statement concerning strike and lockout chatter
By Brian Frederick
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 6/29/08 — “We have taken no steps to initiate a strike authorization vote by the members of the Screen Actors Guild. Any talk about a strike or a management lockout at this point is simply a distraction. The Screen Actors Guild national negotiating committee is coming to the bargaining table every day in good faith to negotiate a fair contract for actors,” SAG President Alan Rosenberg wrote in a press statement released today.
The SAG contract with the studios is set to expire at 12:01 am on Tuesday. Pressure has been mounting for months against SAG’s effort to strike down the AFTRA ratification vote this week, which appears likely, will be voted for by its members. That time simply has been “wasted time and should be spent obtaining a better contract for its own (SAG) union,” stated AFTRA President Roberta Reardon. Her comments come on the heals of a six month effort to have half of its members who belong to SAG, vote down the AFTRA tentative agreement with the studios. AFTRA’s contract expires at the same time as SAG’s.
SAG members and line-workers that could be affected by a SAG strike have voiced their opposition for months over SAG’s aggressive stand towards its smaller union and not spent that energy working towards a contract with the studios.
The industry is still feeling the pain from the writer’s strike which cost the local economy an estimated $2.5 billion. A SAG strike would be devastating for the industry as a whole and could exile its union members to seek employment in a different industry.
The cinema photographers union in Hollywood has expressed anger at SAG for the manner and delay it has handled their contract negotiations. Although the cinema photographers are not a part of SAG, smaller unions are voicing their concern that a strike or possible lock-out by the unions will cost them and other’s their jobs.
The statement from Rosenberg comes at a time when the count down towards uncertainty is leaving industry personnel, nervous and fearful for their jobs during this tough time in the economy.
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