SAG's letter to members raises ire

September 02, 2008 The AMPTP said Tuesday that SAG's 12-page missive sent to members this week outlining the faults the union has with the studios' final offer is nothing more than a one-sided mailing designed to tell the actors' negotiators the only answer they want to hear: that the deal is bad. "The two questions on the postcard 'poll' are written in a completely one-sided way, characterizing the June 30 final offer as unfair," the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers said in a statement. Earlier in the day, SAG's chief negotiator and national executive director Doug Allen released a statement pointing out that the AMPTP has asked the union several times to send the producers' final offer to SAG members.

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