SAG resolution in sight

Guild to decide on authorization balloting Strike or no strike? The fate of the Screen Actors Guild’s long-running contract negotiations drama could become much clearer by the end of this week. SAG’s elected leaders will meet Saturday in a high-stakes session to determine whether the guild will ask its members for a strike authorization -- as recommended two weeks ago by SAG’s negotiating committee. If approved, that would trigger the mailing of authorization ballots to SAG’s 120,000 members and the ballots’ return over the following 30-45 days, meaning that SAG could be on strike by Thanksgiving. But it’s hard to predict if SAG’s national board will move in that direction. Saturday’s powwow is the first meeting since last month’s election, which saw the dominant Hollywood-based Membership First faction lose control of the... [read full story]