SAG panel: Board should take strike vote

October 01, 2008 After months of seeing its talks with the AMPTP go nowhere, SAG's negotiating committee Wednesday urged its national board to take a strike authorization vote of its membership. If the request received approval, SAG negotiators could go back to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers armed with a solid indication of the rank and file's resolve. Earlier this summer, the national board, led by the majority faction MembershipFirst, had given the negotiating committee the authority to seek strike authorization.

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