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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW JUNE 9, 2009 TV Series Pickups Favor AFTRA 5 to 1 Several months ago, we learned that pilot season this year was 94% AFTRA (or 87% by some calculations), a complete 180 from its usual 90% SAG. The AP is reporting that 25 out of 30 shows picked up by broadcast networks this spring were AFTRA and just five were SAG. Tags: AFTRA television Membership First SAG | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW JANUARY 31, 2010 SAG Moves towards Joint Bargaining with AFTRA The SAG National Board yesterday passed a resolution, by a surprising 82% to 18% vote, directing the guild’s president and National Executive Director to “seek engagement with AFTRA in a joint bargaining agreement for negotiation of the Television/Theatrical Contract,” as quoted in a SAG press release. Tags: Phase I AFTRA SAG | | | | | |
| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 Hollywood Labor: The Tyranny of Time That much became clear in the last round of major negotiations, which lasted from 2007 to 2009, and featured a writers strike and a SAG stalemate. covered those events as they occurred, and they’re also the topic of my forthcoming book, “Hollywood on Strike!,” So, SAG and AFTRA are already in a difficult place on those issues. | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW NOVEMBER 18, 2009 No More Sounds of Silence on the Music Composition Front? In other audible union news, AFTRA recently approved its interactive (i.e., Despite concerns with some aspects of the contract, that's unfortunate for SAG, because I'm told this sector is only about 25% unionized (AFTRA numbers + SAG's). That means that video game companies can easily move over to AFTRA - or go nonunion. | | | | | | | | | |
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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 SAG: Four Hardline Horsemen in the National Board Room
Remember too that it was the Hollywood board that passed a resolution expressing the goal that SAG “acquire actors of AFTRA,” i.e. in some mystical fashion divesting AFTRA of its actors and absorbing all of them in SAG. If you work in tech, check out my book How to Write LOIs and Term Sheets. Here’s the scenario: 1. MORE >> -
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY POLICY | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011 The MTP Interview: Randy Himes of the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists
[This post first appeared on MTP in 2009. AFTRA is part of the coalition of labor unions and guilds (including the AFL-CIO) supporting rogue sites legislation in the US Congress]. AFTRA is a member of the AFL-CIO , which is the largest federation of unions in the United States with over 10 million members. Virginia, 377 U.S. MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2010 AFTRA Board Approves Joint Bargaining With SAG
At a videoconference meeting today in New York and LA, AFTRA’s national board unanimously voted to approve joint bargaining with SAG for the Primetime Television Contract and the SAG TV/theatrical contract. The AFTRA press release is below. ——————— Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010 Hollywood Labor: SAG Source Says a Strike Unlikely, Joint SAG-AFTRA Bargaining Likely; and the Year Ahead
The source also said SAG’s upcoming January 31 national board meeting will probably feature a move towards resurrecting joint bargaining with AFTRA, adding that he/she was confident that bargaining later this year would indeed be jointly conducted. AFTRA reached agreement on its current deal by June 30, 2008, and received a 3.5% MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2009 SAG TV/Theatrical Contract Ratified Overwhelmingly, 78%-22%
Below are press releases from SAG, AFTRA and the AMPTP. ——————— Subscribe to my blog ( jhandel.com ) for more about SAG, or digital media law generally. June 10, 2009 and expires June 30, 2011. Variety first reported the story, prior to the guild's announcement, with a 1% difference in the numbers. percent to 29.30 percent in favor. MORE >>
- Three Membership First Candidates Elected to AFTRA Boards DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2009
- SAG-AFTRA Ratify Advertising Agreement; SAG Townhall Features Fireworks DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2009
- SAG Executive Director: TV/Theatrical Deal Will Pass DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2009
- SAG’s Strange Voyage DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009
- SAG Hardliners: The Trojan Horsemen of the Apocalypse DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009
- SAG TV/Theatrical Ballots Later Than Expected; SAG Litigation Continues; and More DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2009
- SAG Board Approves Studio Deal DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009
- SAG & Studios Agree to Tentative Deal DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2009
- SAG Stalemate Update DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2009
- Reader Question of the Week 3/14/09: Interview with Randy Himes of the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists MUSIC TECHNOLOGY POLICY | SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2009
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