21 Articles match "AFTRA","Board","WGA"

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• DGA to Negotiate on SAG & AFTRA's Heels
  
  The Directors Guild announced on its website today that it will begin negotiations with the AMPTP (studio alliance) in mid-November, which is immediately after the scheduled end of 45 days of negotiation between the AMPTP and SAG (Screen Actors Guild) & AFTRA (a smaller performers union). SAG, AFTRA and the AMPTP declined to comment.
  Digital Media Law - Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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• Hollywood Labor Returns to Moderation
  
  As early returns from the SAG National Board elections come in this week it looks like a turn to moderation in the Hollywood guilds after several years of more aggressive policies by both actors and writers. In the election for head of the WGA-West, John Wells beat out Elias Davis. Davis was the nominee from [.].
  King Harvest - Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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• SAG & Studios Agree to Tentative Deal
  
  The deal will probably be approved by the SAG board today or tomorrow and ratified by the membership by mid-May, but the hardline MembershipFirst faction has vowed to fight the deal, so ratification, although likely, is not assured. The DGA has essentially never gone on strike, and AFTRA seldom does.) bump on June 30 of this year.
  Digital Media Law - Saturday, April 18, 2009
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• Silly Lawsuit Against SAG Dismissed; and More
  
  Remember the lawsuit that former SAG president Alan Rosenberg and three other Membership First members (1st VP Anne-Marie Johnson and board members Diane Ladd and Kent McCord) filed against their own union? Those talks involve both SAG and AFTRA, negotiating together once again after a bitter hiatus in the last negotiating cycle.
  Digital Media Law - Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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• SAG’s Thaw
  
  Variety ’s Dave McNary reported that the Screen Actors Guild’s national board just approved a tentative two year deal on its film-TV contract, triggering a ratification vote by the guild’s members on June 1st. The terms of the new deal are generally the same as those the networks and studios agreed to with the WGA, DGA and AFTRA.
  DealFatigue - Monday, April 20, 2009
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• 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).
  Digital Media Law - Friday, May 22, 2009
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• Is SAG Becoming Irrelevant?
  
  The resulting 2012 expiration date means that SAG would not be able to threaten a joint strike in 2011 with the WGA (let alone AFTRA) when those unions’ contracts expire. Also in the news is a stunning report from the Hollywood Reporter that this year’s pilot season will be more than two-thirds AFTRA. g) of this post ).
  Digital Media Law - Friday, February 20, 2009
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• No More Sounds of Silence on the Music Composition Front?
  
  An earlier bid to join the Writers Guild (WGA) apparently gained little traction. 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).
  Digital Media Law - Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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• SAG: No Good Reason to Strike
  
  12-13 SAG National Board meeting, reports the LA Times. The SAG leadership, which could have had a deal nine months ago, has instead stumbled from one ill-considered strategy to another, most of which involved attacking AFTRA in some way or another. It’s unclear why this would not also apply to shows signed to AFTRA after a strike.
  Digital Media Law - Thursday, January 1, 2009
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• 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%
  Digital Media Law - Saturday, January 9, 2010
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