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SAG Board takes step to revive joint bargaining with rival union by Company Town

The Screen Actors Guild has moved a step closer toward making peace with its cross-town rival, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. SAG's board voted Sunday to give its leaders authority to "seek engagement" with AFTRA...

Actors yell cut on proposed tax on expensive health insurance plans by Company Town

The generally cozy relationship between Hollywood's unions and the Obama administration is coming under strain. The source of friction: President Obama's support for a so-called Cadillac tax that is part of the healthcare bill passed by the Senate...

California passes new law to protect child actors from scams by Company Town

Hollywood's smallest and most vulnerable players are getting some parental help from Sacramento. For years, parents have complained to the L.A. city attorney's office and the Better Business Bureau about the unscrupulous practices of talent listing...

SAG Board taps David White as new executive director and chief negotiator by Company Town

The Screen Actors Guild board of directors has appointed David P. White as the national executive director and chief negotiator for Hollywood's largest union. The appointment of White, who had been serving as interim executive director, was widely...

SAG's Unite for Strength wins, but its leader Ned Vaughn loses by Company Town

The party wins but one of its leaders gets left in the cold? That's one of the surprising outcomes from yesterday's Screen Actors Guild election. The so-called moderate faction known as Unite for Strength garnered a big victory yesterday when...

Ken Howard, a moderate, elected Screen Actors President by Company Town

That's the second big win for Ken Howard this week. Members of the Screen Actors Guild have elected the veteran character actor, who just won won an Emmy on Sunday for his role in HBO's "Grey Gardens, as the union's...
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Writers Guild Presidential Candidate John Wells calls out Verrone by Company Town

John Wells fired back at the outgoing president of the Writers Guild of America, West, accusing Patric M. Verrone of lying about his involvement in last year's contract negotiations. Verrone and John Bowman, who chaired the guild's negotiating...
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SAG members, finally, approve contract by Company Town

Hollywood's largest actors union strongly endorsed a new film and TV contract, closing the chapter on a year-long dispute with the major studios. The vote, which was expected to be close, drew a stronger show of support from the membership...
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