Studios' 'final offer' safe for now

October 06, 2008 The offer would remain on the table unless there's a drastic change in the economy. Sources with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers said Monday that the offer will remain intact -- at least until Oct. 18, when the newly realigned SAG national board meets and votes on whether to bring a strike authorization vote to its membership. [...] SAG chief negotiator Doug Allen said it would be unfair for the AMPTP to take the final offer off the table -- despite its inadequacies by guild standards -- and punish the actors for the downturn by offering them less than what directors, writers and fellow thesps in AFTRA received.

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