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SAG could strike by end of January
The Screen Actors Guild has made its strike threat official, announcing it will send out authorization ballots Jan. 2 and reveal the results Jan. 23 -- setting the stage for an Oscars boycott and a halt to most production. SAG announced the timeline Wednesday with the goal of forcing congloms ...
SAG could strike by end of January - Entertainment News, Business News, Media
SAG could strike by end of January - Entertainment News, Business News, Media
variety.com — Guild to send out ballots on Jan. 2 The Screen Actors Guild has made its strike threat... official, announcing it will send out authorization ballots Jan. 2 and reveal the results Jan. 23 -- setting the stage for an Oscars boycott and a halt to most ... (more) SAG could strike by end of January - Entertainment News, ...
SAG Strike Rift Emerges - Today's News: Our Take
SAG Strike Rift Emerges - Today's News: Our Take
tvguide.com — New Rift Opens in SAG over Strike Vote Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild plan to hold... an emergency meeting after the union's New York board came out against holding a strike authorization vote. The guild plans to send out ballots Jan. 2 to its ... (more) SAG Strike Rift Emerges - Today's News: Our Take
Actors Set Date to Vote on Strike
zap2it.com — SAG will send out strike ballots on Jan. 2 > It's official: The Screen Actors Guild will... mail out strike referendum ballots will be mailed out Jan. 2, with ... (more) Actors Set Date to Vote on Strike
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SAG Schedules Strike D-Day for Jan. 2 [Hollywood Strikewatch]
Gawker: defamer — [image] "Happy 2009 let's take the year off," will come the refrain from SAG headquarters next month, as the union today announced Jan. 2 as the date it will send out strike authorization ballots to its 120,000 members. If the Guild can coax 75% of them to approve, the actors could be walking off the job and paralyzing Hollywood by the end of January. We'll know the vote results on January 23, conveniently in the middle of awards season and one month before the Oscar ceremony on Feb. 22. Beyond the date-circling and surely some pants-pissing ...

Actors' New Year's Resolution: Strike
Television Without Pity - All Blogs — ... That sound you just heard was a bunch of fingers crossing and teeth clenching coming from the general direction of Hollywood. That other sound you just heard was all of those same people saying simply, "Oh, shit." The Screen Actors Guild announced on Wednesday that it had set January 2nd as the date to send out its strike authorization ballots to its 120,000 members. The result of the vote will be announced on January 23rd, and if 75% of SAG members vote yes, then Hollywood could face its second major work stoppage in just over a year. ...

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