Archive for August 2009

Blind (and Snarky) Item of the Week

Which rabid Membership First supporter, angrily blogging and complaining about the stability of the RBD in general and the unopposed elections in one branch, couldn’t even spell the name of the largest city in Texas? Woof. Tweet This Post

Basic Cable Contract Ratified with 94% Approval

Basic cable is the sixth major contract completed since the logjam was broken in late January with the Unite for Strength/United Screen Actors Nationwide/RBD coalition taking charge of SAG and the replacement of Doug Allen with interim NED David White. Not that there was any real doubt, but the vote in favor of ratification was [...]

Campaign Watch: NY – The USAN Flyer – updated

The United Screen Actors Nationwide Voters Guide/flyer headlined “It’s time to choose our future” has begun hitting members’ mailboxes in New York, timed to arrive along with ballots in the current SAG election. The USAN candidate to lead New York is Mike Hodge, and the group has endorsed Ken Howard of Unite for Strength for [...]

New Media: One Show Redefines Success and Stays Alive

Worth a click. The Wall Street Journal’s account of the web series “The Guild” (no, it’s not about SAG) and what it has done to survive, entering a third season on the net. Tweet This Post

Campaign Watch: Independent NY Candidate Lisa Marie Palmieri – updated

This came in via e-mail: — Hi There, I feel if a truthful open draft is outlined for both sides to understand CLEARLY of what “we” as a union want together can and will mend open wounds (minus the one sided agenda’s).  I don’t want to spend time living in the past as I was not [...]

Campaign Watch: RBD Team’s New Website

The RBD incumbents seem to be taking nothing for granted in this election cycle. They’ve set up a new website to increase their outreach, operating under the name of United Union Performers. A reminder: ballots should start arriving in your mailbox (or at your agent’s) today. Tweet This Post