To those who crave the spotlight, check your egos at the door

May 09, 2008 An open letter to SAG president Alan Rosenberg and executive director Doug Allen. Anyway, I heard that both of you guys were pretty upset last week that the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists -- I'm going to take the liberty of calling them AFTRA -- refused to postpone its negotiations on a new primetime TV contract with the major studios and sent you to the bench just when you claimed to be making progress on your own deal with the AMPTP after 18 days at the bargaining table. When your people and AFTRA can't figure out a way to negotiate together for the first time in 27 years, no one needs to remind you that chivalry and decorum shouldn't be high on your list of expectations.

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