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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW JUNE 22, 2010 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 issues will probably be hard fought. It turns out even unions sometimes have unions. but the courts haven’t. | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW JUNE 9, 2009 SAG TV/Theatrical Contract Ratified Overwhelmingly, 78%-22% Tomorrow morning I will be contacting the elected leadership of the other talent unions with the hope of beginning a series of pre-negotiation summit meetings in preparation for 2011. am hopeful that we can heal our wounds and really start the work to become a unified, national union.” The pact becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. | | | | | |
| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW MAY 13, 2009 SAG Letter re Force Majeure Claims Also, the Guild is hosting informational meetings regarding this settlement proposal for affected series regulars, including one in Hollywood on May 18, 2009 and one in New York on June 1, 2009. LOS ANGELES : May 18, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Tags: union Labor Unions SAG million. We believe this for several reasons. | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW APRIL 20, 2009 SAG Board Approves Studio Deal Details and analysis of the deal are available here , and below are press releases from SAG, AFTRA (a rival actors union) and the AMPTP (the alliance representing the studios). On a personal note, I had a surreal experience outside yesterday’s board meeting. In other words—product placement at SAG’s own board meeting! to 10%. | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW APRIL 17, 2009 SAG Stalemate Update Causing the stalemate is the issue of contract expiration date rather than new media; there’s talk of a trade-off between this issue and the (unrelated) SAG demand for force majeure payments per the previous SAG agreement. Elected Los Angeles Officers and Board members will begin their terms July 1. | DIGITAL MEDIA LAW FEBRUARY 21, 2009 SAG Rejects Studio Offer; Back to Stalemate Nor, however, does the rejection mean that there will be a strike, since the union has not (as yet, at least) sent a strike authorization vote to the membership. There are no further meetings scheduled between the two sides. Tags: SAG AMPTP Labor Unions strike What next? Or, they could lock actors out. | | | | | | | |
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DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2009 SAG-AMPTP Negotiations Still on Despite Lawyers’ Threat
That threat, which was contained in a letter Friday that came to light yesterday, arises out the lawsuit filed by Rosenberg and his fellow MembershipFirst plaintiffs 1st VP Anne-Marie-Johnson and board members Diane Ladd and Kent McCord against their own union. Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. Arkin, et al. Vincent F. MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009 SAG Email Imbroglio
That email reads like a dispatch from an alternate reality, starting as it does with the disingenuous complaint that fired NED Doug Allen was terminated by a written document called an assent rather than in “a face-to-face Board meeting, where the significant minority would have had an opportunity to voice its opinion.” We must work together. MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009 SAG No News Press Release
White has assumed his role as interim national executive director and will work from the Guild’s national headquarters office in Los Angeles beginning Tuesday, January 27, 2009. graduate of Stanford Law School and a Rhodes Scholar, White was previously a labor and employment attorney at the Los Angeles firm of O’Melveny & Myers. MORE >> -
DIGITAL MEDIA LAW | MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2008 SAG Strike Authorization Ballots Delayed
This development was revealed less than two hours ago in an email from SAG National Executive Director Doug Allen to all SAG members, which also stated that an in-person SAG National Board meeting is now set for January 12-13 (all day the 12 th and part of the day the 13 th ). The LA Times beat me on this one by about a half hour. MORE >>
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