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Accusations flying ahead of SAG elections


August 22, 2008 If this past week is any indication of what's to come with the SAG national board elections, get ready for a lot of back-and-forth rhetoric and AFTRA-bashing/defending by the two factions fighting for control. MembershipFirst, which controls the majority of the board, and Unite for Strength, which formed in the wake of the union's anti-AFTRA campaign and current stalled contract negotiations. The mailer not only speaks out against UFS but also AFTRA, which ended its 27-year joint bargaining agreement with SAG and negotiated its own primetime/TV contract that has since been ratified.

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