SAG's Doug Allen pushing contract vote

January 15, 2009 Exec director Doug Allen has written to guild directors seeking a membership vote, but not on a strike authorization -- a former goal that almost cost Allen his job this week -- but rather one on the latest film and TV contract offer. Instead, he and SAG president Alan Rosenberg spent most of Monday and Tuesday fighting efforts by disgruntled board members to oust him as their chief negotiator in stalled contract talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. Ironically, opposition to the proposal comes largely from those who believe the guild should settle with the AMPTP on current terms but feel Allen and Rosenberg wouldn't conduct a fair vote on the proposed pact.

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