Force Majeure Books AFTRA 2009 - Entertainment and Media Law

DIGITAL MEDIA LAW MAY 22, 2009 SAG-AFTRA Ratify Advertising Agreement; SAG Townhall Features Fireworks SAG and AFTRA announced yesterday that their combined paid-up membership, about 132,000 members, overwhelmingly ratified the contracts between the unions and the advertising industry. The key difference is the contract expiration date, which in the current deal is synchronized with the WGA, AFTRA and DGA (mid-2011). Well, why not? MORE >>	DIGITAL MEDIA LAW MAY 19, 2009 SAG’s Strange Voyage Last week, SAG’s Hollywood board, controlled by the hardline Membership First faction, passed a resolution establishing a task force “to explore the acquisition of actors of AFTRA.” They started by trying to unilaterally reduce AFTRA’s power on the committee that for decades has jointly bargained the TV/theatrical contract. MORE >>	RECENT POSTS MAY 22, 2009 \| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW SAG-AFTRA Ratify Advertising Agreement; SAG Townhall Features Fireworks MAY 19, 2009 \| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW SAG’s Strange Voyage APRIL 29, 2009 \| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW SAG TV/Theatrical Ballots Later Than Expected; SAG Litigation Continues; and More APRIL 18, 2009 \| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW SAG & Studios Agree to Tentative Deal APRIL 17, 2009 \| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW SAG Stalemate Update
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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW APRIL 29, 2009 SAG TV/Theatrical Ballots Later Than Expected; SAG Litigation Continues; and More Meanwhile, ballots for the commercials contract will be mailed to both SAG and AFTRA members Thursday, and due back May 21, reports Variety. In contrast, the TV/theatrical contract will probably pass with a yes vote in the 60%-75% range, roughly in the neighborhood of the AFTRA deal, which achieved 62%. It’s expected to pass easily. MORE >>	DIGITAL MEDIA LAW APRIL 18, 2009 SAG & Studios Agree to Tentative Deal In separate news today, the SAG and AFTRA boards meeting jointly approved the commercials contract reached April 1 with the advertising industry. That means all four unions will be able to coordinate negotiations and strategy, even to the point of threatening a joint strike by two (WGA and SAG) or three (WGA, SAG and AFTRA) of the unions. MORE >>	DIGITAL MEDIA LAW APRIL 17, 2009 SAG Stalemate Update Causing the stalemate is the issue of contract expiration date rather than new media; there’s talk of a trade-off between this issue and the (unrelated) SAG demand for force majeure payments per the previous SAG agreement. Tags: strike Labor Unions AFTRA AMPTP Membership First SAG The Screen Actors Guild stalemate grinds on. MORE >>
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