PROPOSED SAG DEAL SPLITS HOLLYWOOD!

High-profile actors are picking sides in the increasingly bitter struggle to ratify the Screen Actors Guild's proposed new contract. "I'm still amazed and shocked at the level of vitriol among the opponents of this deal," said Melissa Gilbert, who served as president from 2001-05. "There's no room for dissent." While former SAG president Ed Asner compared the possible deal to the Holocaust during a closed-door meeting, Martin Sheen joined John Heard, Nichelle Nichols, board member Elliott Gould, and secretary-treasurer Connie Stevens in a "vote no" video posted online. Opponents of the proposal have criticized its new-media rates and the fact that it gives SAG no jurisdiction over original new-media works that cost less than $15,000 per minute, $300,000 per production, and $500,000 per series. SAG's 110,000 members received ballots on the deal last week, and must return them by June 9. The group's national board approved the proposed contract at 53 percent in April, ten months after the last deal expired. If it's voted down, SAG must ask members for a strike authorization vote, which would require 75 percent approval. SAG estimates actors have lost $85 million in pay increases already by holding out for a better deal. While they are negotiating...I say get rid of Reality TV!






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It's a shame that SAG and the studios cannot come to an agreement with this contract. Alot of people lost jobs in the last 2 years and a lot more jobs are in jeopardy - in the coming months. This not only affects actors, but it affects crew members, transportation companies, catering companies, and a lot of vendors. This especially affects those in the business who don't have those multi-million dollar salaries or contracts that they can live on. Each day that productions are put on hold - dreams, homes and lives are lost.

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