SAG

  • SAG-AFTRA Agree On Commercial Package; Talks On For Feb. 23

    The prospect of negotiations slip further into the ether with the expected filing of a complaint by SAG President Alan Rosenberg on Thursday

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    Sharon Waxman

  • Statement from Members of the New SAG Board Majority, Feb. 3 2009

    Hollywood, CA – On Tuesday, February 3rd, the National President of the Screen Actors Guild Alan Rosenberg, together with National 1st Vice President Anne Marie Johnson and SAG Hollywood National Board Members Kent McCord and Diane Ladd attempted to file a temporary restraining order (TRO) against their own Guild in order to halt the resumption…

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    SAG Board Majority

  • David White Statement, Feb 3, 2009

    Dear Screen Actors Guild member, As you know, the Guild was scheduled to resume negotiations today regarding the expired TV/Theatrical contract.  However, that meeting had to be postponed due to a legal matter that has been brought against the Guild, which is now before a state court in Los Angeles.  I am writing to present you…

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  • Civil War Rages at SAG

    Civil war within SAG raged on Tuesday over a lawsuit that will be filed by hardliners in the guild seeking to reinstate Doug Allen.

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    Sharon Waxman

  • Week One At The Wrap: A Great Ride

    It’s been quite a week. In the first week of our launch, TheWrap broke two major stories and wrote a dozen other solid pieces, along with Hollyblogs from producers, screenwriters and actor-directors and news from our columnists. By our second and third day, we were already being cited around the world for our break on Michael…

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  • Alan Rosenberg gagged? Not!

    The SAG President has traditionally been authorized by the SAG Board as one of the "official" spokespeople for SAG, along with the National Executive Director and the Director of Communications.     But President Alan Rosenberg has proven again and again that he is not capable of being an honest, neutral spokesperson.  He believes, as…

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    Richard Masur

  • ‘My life sucks,’ says SAG president

    The sun was setting in Alan Rosenberg’s sitting room as he considered the state of his life two days after an internal coup ousted his hand-chosen negotiator, Doug Allen.

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    Sharon Waxman

  • Rosenberg Says Ousted Allen “Too Good” For Hollywood

    In an emotional letter, the weakened SAG president defended his chief negotiator Doug Allen who was booted from office by angry board members.

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  • Battle lines drawn at SAG, deal expected by early February

    What’s left of the looming strike by the Screen Actors Guild? Precious little after a dramatic day in which a majority of members of the board demanded, finally, the exit of their embattled executive director, Doug Allen.

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    Sharon Waxman

  • SAG Strike Vote on Hold as Moderates Blast Back at Doug Allen

    Crisis reigns within the Screen Actors Guild. As SAG national executive director Doug Allen digs in his heels in reaction to the attempt to oust him, the moderates on SAG’s national board are fighting back. The opposition group Unite for Strength responded Monday to Allen’s letter to the guild’s membership on Sunday by blasting Allen…

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    Maria Russo

  • Strike Disintegrating? Allen Wants to Put Off Vote

    SAG’s national executive director Doug Allen sent a message to his board members late Wednesday proposing that the strike authorization vote be put on hold.

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    Wrap Staff

  • Allen Stays, But Strike in Doubt

    After a marathon 30-hour national board meeting ended Tuesday, SAG’s chief negotiator Doug Allen managed to hold onto his job, parrying attempts by guild moderates to dismiss him.

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    Wrap Staff

  • SAG Moves Closer to Ditching Allen

    SAG’s national board moved closer to ousting national executive director Doug Allen as the guild’s lead negotiator during an emergency meeting Monday afternoon.

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    Wrap Staff

  • SAG’s Allen On Firing Line

    Doug Allen, SAG’s chief negotiator and executive director, could be looking for a new job soon, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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    Wrap Staff

  • SAG Puts Off Basic Cable Negotiations

    With an important emergency board meeting looming next week, the Screen Actors Guild has quietly delayed bargaining over its basic cable contract, which expired three weeks ago.

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    Wrap Staff