SAG signs interim deals with indie feature producers
According to Variety.com, SAG has signed interim deals with indie feature producers, "that would allow actors to continue working on select projects even if a strike occurs." Variety.com also reports that "SAG and the AMPTP plan to negotiate every day — except for Sundays — through April 26. The majors will then launch talks with rival actors union AFTRA on April 28."
The SAG-AFTRA contract on feature film and primetime TV expires June 30, 2008.
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AFTRA (The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) is a national labor union representing over 70,000 performers, journalists and other artists working in the entertainment and news media.
SAG (Screen Actors Guild) is the USA largest labor union representing working actors. It represents nearly 120,000 actors who work in motion pictures, television, commercials, industrials, video games, Internet and all new media formats.… Read More