N.Y. board turns up heat on SAG brass

August 17, 2008 SAG's New York regional board on Sunday demanded that the union make meaningful steps toward negotiating a new contract by Aug. 25 or bring in a federal mediator. In its statement, the New York board rejected Friday's message from SAG leaders that members of the negotiating committee are meeting informally with industry reps and members of the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers to hash out a new TV/theatrical contract. "In failing to bargain realistically with the AMPTP and remove unattainable items from the table, our negotiating team, controlled by the current Hollywood leadership, has pursued an agenda that has more to do with politics than with securing a beneficial contract and has betrayed the trust of the membership," the statement continued.

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