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SAG RESPONDS TO AFTRA’S TERMINATION OF PHASE
ONE AGREEMENT
Los Angeles (March 29, 2008) – AFTRA President Roberta
Reardon and AFTRA national officers, including Susan
Boyd Joyce, Denny Delk, Bob Edwards, Matt Kimbrough
and Shelby Scott, as well as others, upon conclusion
of their national meeting, entered Screen Actors
Guild's national board meeting today and reported
their board's effective termination of the Phase One
agreement between the two unions. The AFTRA
representatives declared that they will not negotiate
jointly with SAG on behalf of the TV/Theatrical
Contract, including their Exhibit A.
SAG President Alan Rosenberg said, "We remain focused
on negotiating the best terms for actors covered by
the TV/Theatrical Contract. We spent weeks working
with our fellow actors in AFTRA on joint proposals to
improve the lives of all working actors. AFTRA's
refusal now to bargain together with us and their
last-second abandonment of the joint process is
calculated, cynical and may serve the interests of
their institution, but not its members."
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