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SAG Sets Strike Referendum Dates
Screen Actors Guild to mail out strike-authorization ballots Jan. 2, tabulate votes on Jan. 23—a month ahead of Oscars.
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 could strike by end of January
variety.com — 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 ... (more) SAG could strike by end of January
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
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SAG Strike Unlikely, Far Less Damaging To TV Than Writer’s Strike
TVbytheNumbersBroadcasting & Cable reports that: The Screen Actors Guild is indeed going ahead with its plan to at least ask members to authorize a strike. The guild said Wednesday it will mail out ballots on Friday, January 2, with votes tabulated on Friday, January 23. That is roughly one month before the February 22 Academy Awards are scheduled to take place. The guild needs a yes vote by 75% of members who vote to have the ability to then call for a work stoppage. I’ll go on record and guess that ...

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