AFTRA ratifies contract

July 09, 2008 SAG, whose leadership had contended that a separate deal with AFTRA would dilute its clout at the bargaining table, asserted that the referendum was skewed by nonactor members of the union. "Clearly, many Screen Actors Guild members responded to our education and outreach campaign and voted against the inadequate AFTRA agreement," SAG president Alan Rosenberg said. The organization said it hopes that passage will demonstrate to SAG's Hollywood leadership that "there is support for the new economic relationships we have built with writers, directors and actors -- and not much support for a strike, whether de facto or real."

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