SAG Asks For More Time To Consider The Deal They've Already Decided They Hate
With the Hollywood StrikeWatch 2: The Actoring doomsday clock clicking into overtime, Team SAGgy (Jack! Rainn! Ben!) has reportedly asked for more time to analyze the AMPTP "final offer" they've already gone on record as saying they really, really, really hate. Team ACTRAvision (Tom! Alec! Susan!), meanwhile, are set to vote in the virtually identical contract offered their guild, the results of which will be announced Tuesday. From THR:
SAG officials met Wednesday with studio reps for roughly four hours, discussing details of what the studios called their "final offer.
SAG insiders say the guild told the AMPTP that they needed more time to study the offer and that another similar session would be set next week.
The break for the Fourth of July holiday means that before they meet again, both sides likely will know the results of AFTRA's contract-ratification vote.
While gas mileage reimbursement is a sticking point, its the paltry gains made in New Media that continue to take center stage, with an angry union leader Alan Rosenberg pointing to foul-mouthed internet superstar Pearl the Landlord—"Who can barely keep her Cheerios container filled!"—as a perfect example of how great online work isn't being adequately remunerated.