The strike hasn't been averted. Everybody move along. The story was posted mistakenly in the current news media column at sn.tv yesterday. The story had a date of July 4 without a year posted.
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Actor's strike averted
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You knew they wouldn't let the ACTORS strike. Oh no, we couldn't have that. Let the multi-million dollar stars and actors get everything they want.
Piss on the writers who actualy, you know, WRITE the stuff.
Piss on the writers who actualy, you know, WRITE the stuff.
^^Uhh, only a tiny minority of actors are multimillion dollar stars. Most are unemployed or working intermittently, scraping to get by. Same as with the writers.
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Yeah, the writers and actors of Hollywood are treated only as well as their last picture.
Still, you have to admit that the actors get just a bit more respect and have their threats taken a bit more seriously than the writers.
Actors and writers are in the same boat. A few superstars make all the money. Most struggle to scrape by.
I figured there would be no strike. The WGA strike did signficant damage to the TV business and nobody can afford an interruption in the fall season. Some viewers will have left for good just because of the spring hiatus.
That's right. We're all on the same side. The idea of some kind of rivalry between writers and actors is the kind of myth that AMPTP would stir up to try to divide and conquer.
which, i would think was proven by the number of actors out picketing alongside the writers during the WGA strike...
Okay folks, apparently this news is bogus. I reposted a link that was posted at sn.tv last night in its current news and media column. It was dated July 4 (no year). Apparently, it was from three years ago or so, or that's what sn.tv is claiming now. Someone posted it there yesterday in error (it's been reposted at at least four other sites). ABC news removed the link this morning.
I apologize profusely. Apparently nothing has been averted and yes, I feel like a total asshole for reposting it here, so don't bother calling me stupid. So--the two sides are still fighting and SAG still wants AFTRA not to approve the deal offered by AMPTP. Nothing has been resolved. Mods, feel free to delete the whole thread.
I apologize profusely. Apparently nothing has been averted and yes, I feel like a total asshole for reposting it here, so don't bother calling me stupid. So--the two sides are still fighting and SAG still wants AFTRA not to approve the deal offered by AMPTP. Nothing has been resolved.
Mods, feel free to delete the whole thread.
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Darnit. 
ACCCCKKK!!! If only I'd read the thing through, I'd have realized that it was from 2001 even though it was only dated July 4. Shelby Scott isn't AFTRA president anymore. I think the current president is named Roberta something or other.
ACCCCKKK!!! If only I'd read the thing through, I'd have realized that it was from 2001 even though it was only dated July 4. Shelby Scott isn't AFTRA president anymore. I think the current president is named Roberta something or other.
Eh, don't sweat it. 
There still won't be a frakkin' strike just because both sides know they can't afford it. However, if things drag on long enough, and enough TV for the fall season launch is completed, SAG might feel safe about striking and not screwing up their livelihood...
There still won't be a frakkin' strike just because both sides know they can't afford it. However, if things drag on long enough, and enough TV for the fall season launch is completed, SAG might feel safe about striking and not screwing up their livelihood...Thanks, Temis. I wanted to kick myself in the head for posting it, but I'm not limber enough to reach. 
I don't think there'll be a strike, either. Probably not. Surely they won't drag out this nonsense all summer. The TV actors can't afford it with the economy in the shitter the way it is now.
I don't think there'll be a strike, either. Probably not. Surely they won't drag out this nonsense all summer. The TV actors can't afford it with the economy in the shitter the way it is now.
I don't think SAG could even get a strike vote approved, could they? The membership can see what's happening with the economy just like everyone else. That alone might be enough to scare them, even without the damage the WGA strike did to their industry.
Supposedly they need a 75 percent "yea" vote to get strike authorization. I have a hard time seeing them getting that. There's a lot of television actors with SAG membership who don't want to sit out of work again, and the Los Angeles economy is in the dumper just like everyone else. The actors know all the "below the line" workers on crews and such and, in my opinion, would have to be reluctant to put them out of work yet again--twice in a year. Now that food prices have skyrocketed and getting a tank of gas to get to work all week costs a quarter of your check, the actors are going to be pretty cautious. That's why the SAG union heads are working so hard to squelch the deal that AFTRA wants to accept from the producers. If AFTRA accepts it, SAG's position at the bargaining table will be very weak and they know it. Basically, if AFTRA votes to accept the offer, SAG is about 99 percent out of luck in getting a strike. I think the SAG union heads want it more than the actors themselves.
Perhaps, but they can still lock them.
Dorian, don't beat yourself up too hard about this. We've all made that mistake of posting old or fake news. Don't sweat the little things. Oh, and hit the Notify the Moderator button so the lazy forum moderators know they should come in and close the thread.
To be fair, the forum mods may not be lazy.
They may be drunkl.
They may be drunkl.
No, "we" have not.Perhaps, but they can still lock them.
Dorian, don't beat yourself up too hard about this. We've all made that mistake of posting old or fake news.
Good for you! Here's a gold star!No, "we" have not.Perhaps, but they can still lock them.
Dorian, don't beat yourself up too hard about this. We've all made that mistake of posting old or fake news.
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