SAG vote to spare Golden Globe ceremony

December 10, 2008 Only those of the 120,000-strong SAG membership who are paid in full at that time can vote on the measure, which, if passed, would give the guild's national board of directors the authority to call a strike. SAG members understand that their futures as professional actors are at stake, SAG national president Alan Rosenberg said, and I believe that SAG members will evaluate the AMPTP's June 30 offer and vote to send us back to the table with the threat of a strike. Additionally, the guild leadership held bicoastal meetings Wednesday with representatives of the PR and management communities to inform them of the status of negotiations and the strike authorization.

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