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SAG delays strike authorization vote

23 Dec 2008

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Decides to mail ballots on Jan. 14 at earliest

Dec 23, 2008, 02:14 AM ET
SAG has delayed a vote that would give the union the power to call a strike and bring the entertainment business to a virtual halt.

SAG announced Monday night that it would delay sending out the ballots until Jan. 14 at the earliest. SAG had planned to send strike authorization ballots to more than 100,000 union members on Jan. 2, a date that would have put Oscar night within reach of a potential boycott.

It was not clear how long the vote would be delayed.

The decision comes more than week after a New York faction of the union spoke out against the vote, noting the industry's economic struggles.

SAG leaders have been pushing for the vote amid stalled contract negotiations with studios.

Jesse Hiestand, a spokesman for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, said he knows about the delay but would not comment. SAG spokeswoman Pamela Greenwalt also would not comment.

Source: Hollywood Reporter
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4 comments:

  1. leoff23 December 2008 at 11:19

    SAG is realizing the mess they created. They pushed too hard by demanding more than the writers were given by the last strike. They obviously lost the negotiations and were surprised by this economy crisis. SAG knows is probably going to lose the strike authorization and end up with zero power to demand anything at all.

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  2. Anonymous23 December 2008 at 19:34

    This needs to be delayed just long enough for Lost to get a full season this year. Then they can do whatever they want.

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  3. Anonymous23 December 2008 at 19:41

    @fajamoomoo: No, it needs to be delayed until after the series finale. THEN they can do whatever they want. :)

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  4. Unknown24 December 2008 at 05:08

    It needs to be delayed forever. It's hard to believe anyone would be considering a strike after seeing how damaging the writers' strike was to the industry and to all who work in it, especially with the economy the way it is. They'd just be screwing themselves, along with the industry and the public.

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