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DGA to Negotiate on SAG & AFTRA's Heels
The DGA contract (like those of SAG, AFTRA and the WGA) expires in mid-2011, but the DGA always negotiates early. If they don’t, the DGA will step in and do a deal first, setting a template that SAG and AFTRA may not like. Hopefully, SAG, AFTRA and the DGA will coordinate their proposals.
Digital Media Law - Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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Baby You Can Drive My Car: Hollywood Health Plans May Have to Pay “Cadillac Plan” Tax
Those health benefits, which are available to middle-class members as well as wealthy stars, would be the envy of most of the country if people elsewhere knew of them: the DGA’s top-tier plan reportedly features 10% in-network co-pays and a deductible of $325 per person in a world where 30% copays and $1,000 deductibles are more common.
Digital Media Law - Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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Hollywood Labor: SAG Source Says a Strike Unlikely, Joint SAG-AFTRA Bargaining Likely; and the Year Ahead
And a heads up: the rest of this article is pretty much insider baseball, so proceed if you want the nitty-gritty details on what the year ahead may hold for Hollywood labor, and SAG in particular. The AMPTP, SAG and AFTRA had no comment for this article on any matters.) However, another factor is the DGA. 2) Basic Cable.
Digital Media Law - Saturday, January 9, 2010
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  • DGA to Negotiate on SAG & AFTRA's Heels
    The DGA contract (like those of SAG, AFTRA and the WGA) expires in mid-2011, but the DGA always negotiates early. If they don’t, the DGA will step in and do a deal first, setting a template that SAG and AFTRA may not like. Hopefully, SAG, AFTRA and the DGA will coordinate their proposals.
    Digital Media Law - Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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  • Fixing the Residuals System
    Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. Tags: WGA Labor Unions IATSE residuals DGA SAG The residuals system is broken. It’s expensive to administer and is an invitation to conflict as platforms such as new media evolve. Can the system be fixed? Yes, I believe so.
    Digital Media Law - Friday, July 24, 2009
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  • Hollywood Labor Roundup
    DGA Hires New Media Consultant. Wolzien, whose principal (and apparently sole employee) is Tom Wolzien, was one of two consultancies that performed a similar function for the DGA leading up to the 2007-2008 negotiations. The DGA won only a small raise in the third year of streaming. These continue in NY under a press blackout.
    Digital Media Law - Friday, February 27, 2009
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  • Hollywood Labor’s Long-Term Future: More Unrest
    This body should have members from management and from the Writers Guild (WGA), Directors Guild (DGA), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), AFTRA, IATSE, and management. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. Tags: SAG WGA AFMA DGA IATSE Labor Unions AFTRA strike Unfortunately not.
    Digital Media Law - Saturday, January 31, 2009
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  • SAG & Studios Agree to Tentative Deal
    The DGA has essentially never gone on strike, and AFTRA seldom does.) That offer, in turn, is essentially the same as the new media provisions that the DGA, WGA, and AFTRA (in two separate deals) agreed to. Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. higher than SAG’s.
    Digital Media Law - Saturday, April 18, 2009
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  • Baby You Can Drive My Car: Hollywood Health Plans May Have to Pay “Cadillac Plan” Tax
    Those health benefits, which are available to middle-class members as well as wealthy stars, would be the envy of most of the country if people elsewhere knew of them: the DGA’s top-tier plan reportedly features 10% in-network co-pays and a deductible of $325 per person in a world where 30% copays and $1,000 deductibles are more common.
    Digital Media Law - Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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  • SAG Hardliners: The Trojan Horsemen of the Apocalypse
    Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. SAG’s Hollywood branch, dominated by the hardline Membership First faction, has passed a motion forming a task force to explore “acquisition of actors of AFTRA,” reports SAGWatch. singers and others, but not actors.
    Digital Media Law - Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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  • SAG: No Good Reason to Strike
    You may also want to refer to my articles SAG & The Studios: What Are They Fighting Over? Read the rest of this blog article and decide for yourself. As a result, AFTRA and IATSE did their deals first, leaving SAG as the caboose in a train led by the DGA, WGA, AFTRA and IATSE. There’s turmoil planned for the upcoming Jan.
    Digital Media Law - Thursday, January 1, 2009
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  • What Does the Internet Mean for the Movie Business?
    The debates have been especially fierce in the context of the SAG stalemate, since compensation and residuals are much lower in new media, and union jurisdiction more limited, under the model proposed by the studios to SAG and adopted by the DGA, WGA, AFTRA and the IA. Entitled “Hollywood 2.0: SVP of U.S. audience Jeff Dossett.
    Digital Media Law - Sunday, February 22, 2009
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  • Handel appointed Adjunct Professor at UCLA School of Law to teach entertainment unions & guilds course
    Or, follow me on Twitter , friend me on Facebook , or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. He has written articles on the conflict between content and technology companies and on trademarking movie titles. On a personal note, I've been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at UCLA School of Law. later this year.
    Digital Media Law - Friday, October 2, 2009
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