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Screen Actors Voting on Strike Action, and More Bargaining News

by May Silverstein, Dec 15, 2008

Members of the Screen Actors (SAG) are voting on whether to authorize a strikeand more news here from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 900 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.

WORK STOPPAGES AND ACTIONS SAG, Studios: The Screen Actors (SAG) set a date for their strike authorization ballot over the union’s TV and movie contract with studios and producers, represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). SAG will send out ballots Jan. 2 and make the results public on Jan. 23. SAG’s contract with AMPTP ran out on June 30. AMPTP has denounced the plan, and posted their last offer on their website.

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