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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 MORE >>	DIGITAL MEDIA LAW NOVEMBER 18, 2009 No More Sounds of Silence on the Music Composition Front? It's not as strange as it seems: the macho union of dock workers and Hollywood truck drivers ( Teamsters Local 399 on the West coast and Local 817 in New York) also represents casting directors, location managers, and various other tenderfoots. In other audible union news, AFTRA recently approved its interactive (i.e., MORE >>	RECENT POSTS FEBRUARY 27, 2010 \| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW AFTRA Board Approves Joint Bargaining With SAG JANUARY 31, 2010 \| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW SAG Moves towards Joint Bargaining with AFTRA JANUARY 26, 2010 \| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW SAG-AFTRA Joint Bargaining: AFTRA Hesitates, Slightly; and More JANUARY 9, 2010 \| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW Hollywood Labor: SAG Source Says a Strike Unlikely, Joint SAG-AFTRA Bargaining Likely; and the Year Ahead NOVEMBER 18, 2009 \| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW No More Sounds of Silence on the Music Composition Front? JUNE 9, 2009 \| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW SAG TV/Theatrical Contract Ratified Overwhelmingly, 78%-22%
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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW 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. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. MORE >>	DIGITAL MEDIA LAW JANUARY 26, 2010 SAG-AFTRA Joint Bargaining: AFTRA Hesitates, Slightly; and More An AFTRA committee, expected to recommend joint bargaining with SAG, instead referred the matter to a subcommittee, the Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap reported. Curious about details, I contacted a source close to AFTRA. SAG and AFTRA declined to comment.) AFTRA wants to develop a framework that it would be comfortable with. MORE >>	DIGITAL MEDIA LAW 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. With those caveats in mind, the priorities the source listed were as follows: (1) New Media. MORE >>	DIGITAL MEDIA LAW 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. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. In the New York Division, the vote count was 85.74 percent to 29.30 MORE >>
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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | FRIDAY, 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 result was expected, as there was no organized opposition. billion in SAG earnings in 2008, Freed told me only 0.05% came from new media. MORE >>

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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | TUESDAY, 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. B214056). MORE >>

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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009
SAG-AFTRA Ad Deal Done

SAG and AFTRA jointly reached a deal late last night with the advertising industry, retaining the current lucrative compensation structure for broadcast network commercials, and largely resisting the industry’s attempt to reduce pension and health contributions. The new deal also includes a 5.1% Score one for labor. Dunn, Jr., MORE >>

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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2009
Actors Commercials Negotiations Deteriorate

Though it gets less play than the stalled SAG TV/theatrical talks , SAG and AFTRA have been jointly negotiating for several weeks with the advertising industry over the commercials contract. statement from SAG and AFTRA described the leak as an “unauthorized distribution of. See below for copies of the letter and talking points.) MORE >>

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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009
SAG Moderates File Document to Fire National Executive Director

Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. ———————– A Message to Members from the SAG National Board Majority Today we took an important and necessary action to address the leadership crisis at Screen Actors Guild. These much needed changes will allow SAG to chart a new course. MORE >>

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