According to the SAG website, the TV-Theatrical negotiating committee will meet with mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez on November 5 – just under a week after Gonzalez met with the AMPTP. The notice doesn’t say any more than that.  Variety suggests it’s a step towards the possible resumption of the stalled negotiations, but notes that no date for direct [...]
Here’s the schedule for Commericals Contract W&W Sessions in Los Angeles and New York. Please join your fellow members to discuss issues you’d like to see addressed in the upcoming Commercials Contracts negotiations. Participation will be limited only by fire rules. Come early and bring your membership card. LOS ANGELES Where: Cagney Boardroom 5757 Wilshire [...]
The AMPTP met with mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez today, and issued a brief, non committal statement: The AMPTP met this afternoon with federal mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez. During the meeting AMPTP presented details of the AMPTP’s Final Offer to SAG, along with background information on the major labor agreements that AMPTP has reached this year [...]
Even if you’re on another planet (and, yes, we have our suspicions about some of you) you probably have noticed there’s an election this coming Tuesday. In an election season, some unions sometimes take political positions – but SAG and AFTRA don’t. Which leads us to the latest Membership First folly. Egged on by the [...]
The new SAG Board has launched a long overdue attempt to actually send residual payments out to people, rather than the longstanding practice of simply letting the money sit in union accounts. One of the more ridiculous claims made under Membership First was that the union couldn’t find people like Mick Jagger, Michael Dukakis and Nancy [...]
As we told you, the AMPTP has agreed to meet with the federal mediator the Allens asked to step into the stalled TV-Theatrical negotiations. The Allens have met with Gonzales already. The AMPTP meets with him tomorrow. With apologies to David Letterman, here’s our list of the Top 10 things we expect Nick Counter to say to [...]
