SAG calls for a strike
And here we go... The Screen Actors Guild is putting out a call to its members for a possible strike, which I don't think will happen... or I hope doesn't happen.
ComingSoon.net informs us that after 27 hours of meetings and negotiations between the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and Screen Actors Guild have ended. Here is the press release:
The AMPTP accepted the federal mediator's invitation to meet with SAG in hopes of concluding our seventh major agreement of 2008. The Producers met for two days with SAG at the request of federal mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez. The parties were unable to reach an agreement and the mediator has adjourned the mediation process.SAG said:
Our leadership was optimistic that federal mediation would help to move our negotiations forward, but despite the Guild's extraordinary efforts to reach agreement, the mediation was adjourned shortly before 1:00 AM today.SAG will need 75% of its voting members to approve the measure in order to go forward with a strike.
I have a feeling that no one wants another strike and considering that SAG needs 75% of a vote for a strike, I don't believe SAG will achieve it.
-Phil
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