Industry awaits AFTRA vote

July 06, 2008 The potential for a strike by SAG or a possible lockout of the guild's roughly 120,000 members by the studios will be greatly affected by the results of AFTRA's contract ratification vote. Since it announced its tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, AFTRA has been engaged in a battle with rival performers union SAG, which is urging shared members to vote the contract down. Should the AFTRA pact be ratified, SAG would be the only major guild left without a pact -- the DGA and WGA signed off on deals earlier this year, the latter coming after a 100-day strike -- and would see its negotiating leverage significantly reduced.

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