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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | 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. | 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. That didn’t look good for SAG, but a few Membership First hardliners urged us to wait and see how the all-important series pickups turned out. | | | | | |
| 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!,” That ties the negotiating schedule into the SAG election schedule. | 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., video game) voiceover contract, while SAG voted down its similar pact, representing a rare defeat for SAG's new administration. That means that video game companies can easily move over to AFTRA - or go nonunion. | | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 SAG: Four Hardline Horsemen in the National Board Room Thursday’s SAG election was a victory for the moderate coalition. But with SAG, the story is never simple. Under the SAG Constitution and By-Laws, a national officer can’t also be an elected member of the national board or a Divisional board. If you work in tech, check out my book How to Write LOIs and Term Sheets. | | | | | | | |
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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009 Handel appointed Adjunct Professor at UCLA School of Law to teach entertainment unions & guilds course
Handel will specifically spotlight the 2007-2009 Hollywood labor turmoil that consumed the Writers Guild of America (WGA), Directors Guild of America (DGA), Screen Actors Guild ( SAG), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ( AFTRA), and IATSE and the Teamsters, the unions that represents most ”below-the-line” workers. 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. Negotiations between SAG and the AMPTP are currently scheduled to begin October 1 and run through November 15. 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
A SAG strike in the upcoming negotiating cycle is “difficult to envision,” a source from SAG’s moderate faction, Unite for Strength, told me, though he/she cautioned that avoiding one will require that management negotiate reasonably and he/she wouldn’t take the strike option off the table (as, indeed, no union could). 2) Basic Cable. MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2009 SAG TV/Theatrical Contract Ratified Overwhelmingly, 78%-22%
In a stunning defeat for the hardline Membership First faction, SAG's TV/theatrical contract passed overwhelmingly, by a 78%-22% margin (almost 4 to 1), those numbers according to the guild. Another question is the SAG presidency, which is up this year as well. June 10, 2009 and expires June 30, 2011. It's a great day for SAG." 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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