SAG ousting chief negotiator Doug Allen
SAG national executive director Doug Allen, a lightning rod for criticism during the ongoing contract talks with the studios, is on the way out as chief negotiator.
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AFTRA: We’re needed more than ever
Sure, AFTRA successfully negotiated six contracts in 2008, but many challenges confront the federation in the new year. In Part 2 of a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter sister publication Back Stage, AFTRA national president Roberta Reardon and national executive director Kim Roberts Hedgpeth spoke about the shrinking economy, the impact of Jay Leno's move to primetime and the importance of contract enforcement in these trying times.
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AFTRA lays out its vision
With all of the conflict surrounding SAG — its infighting and struggle to reach a new deal with film and television producers — it's easy to forget that it hasn't been a cakewalk for AFTRA in 2008.
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MISSING HEADLINE
In the ballroom of a Manhattan hotel Monday night, the two halves of an increasingly ugly marriage continued to dance around the issues that divide them, with neither side willing to concede a single point, much less find common ground.
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Dissension in the ranks
The AMPTP and SAG's New York board are applying added pressure on guild members to vote against a strike authorization.
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AMPTP, N.Y. actors branch put heat on SAG
The AMPTP and SAG's New York board are applying added pressure on guild members to vote against a strike authorization.
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SAG closes in on vote to call strike
SAG today will move a step closer to striking. The guild's negotiating committee is expected to approve a measure asking for the rank and file's approval for a work stoppage, and the measure probably will pass, according to SAG sources with knowledge of the meeting.
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SAG negotiator Allen ‘on thin ice,’ or is he?
In the wake of MembershipFirst losing the majority on SAG's national board — and losing seats on the Hollywood board as well — the big question facing the guild is this: Will national executive director Doug Allen keep his job?
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It’s another add-on for ads contract
SAG and AFTRA have agreed to another six-month extension of their commercials contract with two ad industry groups.
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SAG to sis: Let’s talk ads
Embroiled in stalled negotiations with producers on a new TV and film deal, SAG is seeking an extension of its soon-to-expire commercials contract and to jointly negotiate a new version with AFTRA, the sister union with which it has been fighting for more than a year.
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SAG to AFTRA: Let’s talk commercials
The Screen Actors Guild is seeking an extension of its soon-to-expire commercials contract and to jointly negotiate a new version with AFTRA, according to a July 9 letter from SAG's Doug Allen.
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