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Is now the time for a SAG strike?

Posted By Mack Reed On January 8, 2009 @ 3:39 pm In Entertainment, Filmmaking/Filmmakers, LA, Media, Strike! (WGA, DGA, SAG), Television | Comments Disabled

Okay, look: We all know money’s tight, the economy’s halfway down the drain and layoffs are hitting every sector of society (including 3,000 LAUSD teachers ^[1] – the subject of a future rant I don’t have space for here).

But we have to wonder – just a little bit – who’s really behind ^[2] the please-SAG ^[3]-don’t-strike site SaveTheBiz.org ^[4].

Veteran actor James Cromwell ^[5] pleads in the video above for both parties in the ongoing contract haggling between the Screen Actors Guild and the AMPTP ^[6] to remember the gaffers, grips, craft-service drones and honey-wagon drivers – and don’t bring on a strike.

So – is this a non-partisan plea for parity, reason and good-faith bargaining?

Or is it a well-muscled push from the non-acting screen trades to dissuade actors from picketing if they’re faced with fuck-you terms from the AMPTP?

Discuss.

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[1] 3,000 LAUSD teachers: http://news.google.com/news?q=lausd%203000%20teachers&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

[2] really behind: http://www.savethebiz.org/about.php

[3] SAG: http://www.sag.org/

[4] SaveTheBiz.org: http://savethebiz.org

[5] James Cromwell: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000342/

[6] AMPTP: http://www.amptp.org/

[7] Lucky Strike At LA Live: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/04/03/lucky-strike-at-la-live/

[8] British Noir and Horror at the Hammer: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/10/18/british-noir-and-horror-at-the-hammer/

[9] Raisinets Raveonettes on Friday!'>Win Tix to See The ~~Raisinets~~ Raveonettes on Friday!: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/11/12/win-tix-to-see-the-raisinets-raveonettes-on-friday/

[10] Neko Case Lisa Marr'>Songs about Los Angeles: "In California" by ~~Neko Case~~ Lisa Marr: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/04/07/songs-about-los-angeles-in-california-by-neko-case-lisa-marr/

[11] Archiving Angeles (AA): Italian Actors Strike: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/02/20/archiving-angeles-aa-italian-actors-strike/

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