Jonathan Handel has first analysis and official SAG reaction to the unanimous AFTRA National Board vote earlier today to jointly negotiate TV/Theatrical and Exhibit A. Handel quotes an unidentified SAG spokeswoman as saying the vote is “terrific news for the memberships of both unions and we look forward to an effective negotiation.”
Here’s Variety, calling the [...]
The official release:
LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK (Feb. 27, 2010) — The National Board of Directors of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), a national union of more than more 70,000 performers, journalists, broadcasters, recording artists and other talent working in the entertainment and news media, met today by videoconference plenary in [...]
One of our favorite actresses wrote to ask whether a show in fact could be switched from one union to another after the pilot is shot. The answer, we’ve been told, is that it is possible, though it doesn’t happen often.
One of the ways it can happen is that if the pilot is shot AFTRA [...]
Forget the flashy headline. In an otherwise ho hum bit of rehash from the Wrap only the last line had any news:
“We are going to make joint bargaining work,” said an AFTRA official. “The only question is, how logistically does it happen.”
The teapot that is the Hollywood Board has met once again, and in an attempt to replicate the atmosphere between the democrats and republicans in Congress, Membership First and its Fizzler branch are in a major snit. They’re officially beside themselves that discussion of the continued AFTRA domination of the current pilot season was held [...]
In case anyone had forgotten, AFTRA’s National Board meets this coming weekend. On the agenda, the results of the latest top level meetings between the top leaders of SAG and AFTRA, aimed at exploring whether Humpty Dumpty can not only be put back together again, but get into better shape.
Actually, purists will note that Humpty [...]
