The latest on the looming ever closer actors strike...There's been a major power shift as negotiations were about to begin--Following a BIG SPLIT over the weekend...AFTRA Divorces SAG for Contract Talks-each bargaining separately...
With [the Screen Actors Guild} suddenly in a hurry to get to the bargaining table, the majors are in the driver's seat in upcoming negotiations with the actors unions.
In a statement, the board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) accused Actors Guild of sabotage.
It referred in particular to a recent dispute over which union represented the stars of daytime soap opera The Bold And The Beautiful.
"For the past year SAG leadership in Hollywood has engaged in a relentless campaign of disinformation and disparagement," wrote president Roberta Reardon.
In response, SAG president Alan Rosenberg wrote that the television guild's "refusal now to bargain together with us and their last-second abandonment of the joint process is calculated [and] cynical".
"It may serve the interests of their institution, but not its members," he added.
What happens if one union reaches a deal in time and the other one does not....?
Stay Tuned...
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