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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. Tags: Phase I AFTRA SAG | 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., | | | | | |
| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW JUNE 22, 2010 Silly Lawsuit Against SAG Dismissed; and More Those talks involve both SAG and AFTRA, negotiating together once again after a bitter hiatus in the last negotiating cycle. Second, the extension does not change the new media provisions in any way. Speaking of front of book, a new version is now available from AFTRA, incorporating the changes agreed to in 2008. That 2.5% | 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. | 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. | | | | | | | | |
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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2009 SAG TV/Theatrical Contract Ratified Overwhelmingly, 78%-22%
According to Variety, incumbent president Alan Rosenberg announced today that he'll seek a third term. 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. In the New York Division, the vote count was 85.74 percent to 29.30 MORE >> -
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 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 | 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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