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SAG strike vote hangs in balance

 

Published 1/12/2009 by By Jay A. Fernandez and Andrew Salomon at Hollywood Reporter

The majority of the Screen Actors Guild's 71-member national board gathered in Los Angeles on Monday for the first day of a two-day emergency meeting expected to focus on whether to follow through with a promised strike authorization vote. (link)

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