Actors will vote on strike

November 24, 2008 The cloud of labor unrest hanging over Hollywood and the upcoming awards season has grown considerably darker. In response to SAG's decision to seek strike authorization, the AMPTP said, SAG is bizarrely asking its members to bail out the failed negotiating strategy with a strike vote -- at a time of historic economic crisis. The studios' bargaining arm sent a blistering message to its 300 members, placing the blame on SAG and indicating that it would do everything it could to educate SAG members and the industry about its offer to the actors union and why SAG should accept it.

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