No guarantee on SAG talks

November 17, 2008 SAG negotiators, however, are demanding that the terms for work in new media be improved, even though those terms are comparable with those accepted in contracts this year with the DGA, WGA and AFTRA. If he is unable to facilitate an agreement, SAG's national board could declare that mediation has failed and then send a strike-authorization referendum to the rank and file. Some board members in the New York and regional-branch divisions have said the new-media terms, while not ideal, are not bad enough to strike over, particularly in an uncertain economy.

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