New cast targets SAG brass

July 24, 2008 Backed by well-known performers and upset by the current state of contract negotiations with producers, actor Ned Vaughn has formed a new political party within SAG to try to unseat ruling faction MembershipFirst in national board elections in the fall. Thirty-one actors from the new party, named Unite for Strength, will vie for Hollywood's 11 national board seats and 22 local seats that will be contested Sept. 18. However, Vaughn and Unite for Strength are betting that MembershipFirst's hard-line posture, which appears to have isolated the guild from most of the industry, will deliver a victory.

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