SAG: Authorization does not mean strike

October 10, 2008 Rosenberg and SAG's chief negotiator and national executive director Doug Allen sent an e-mail to its members late Thursday, attempting to put at ease the fears that voting for strike authorization means members will in fact go on strike. SAG's negotiating committee on Oct. 1 put the decision whether to ask the membership for a strike authorization in the hands of its national board. Other contracts, including commercial, TV animation, basic cable TV and basic cable animation, industrial contract and interactive/video game contract will not be affected by a work stoppage, according to the guild.

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