PRODUCERS 'SWEETEN' FINAL OFFER TO SAG

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PRODUCERS 'SWEETEN' FINAL OFFER TO SAG
Thursday, July 10 2008

In an effort to end the bargaining impasse with the Screen Actors Guild, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Wednesday sweetened its final offer by upping the value of its proposed pay increases by $10 million if SAG ratifies the agreement by August 15. It had previously said that the offer was worth $250 million. "The producers have included this traditional incentive in the final offer in order to get everyone back to work and end the de facto strike," the AMPTP said. It added that not only would it remove the sweetener from the proposed deal on August 15, but it would also not agree to making the deal retroactive to July 1, the date that the previous contract expired. SAG said it would respond to the offer at a meeting with the producers scheduled for later today (Thursday). Most analysts expect the union to reject the offer and call for further negotiations.

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Thursday, July 10 2008

Suggesting that television networks may have little to lose by continuing to take a tough stance against the Screen Actors Guild, not a single TV program featuring actors made a significant showing in the ratings Tuesday night with the exception of NBC's always dependable Law & Order: SVU. All of the other top shows featured AFTRA -- rather than SAG -- members, who were covered by a previously negotiated contract with the television networks. The (more)

DESPITE AFTRA VOTE, SAG REMAINS DEFIANT
Wednesday, July 9 2008
The Screen Actors Guild was claiming a symbolic victory Tuesday night as more than a third of the members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists voted against approving the union's contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. SAG leaders in Hollywood had mounted an expensive campaign in an effort to encourage a no vote. About 40,000 members are dual cardholders in SAG. "Clearly many Screen Actors Guild members responded (more)

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