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- 99-CVR-17R: The agreement that no one at SAG & AFTRA is talking about! Melissa Gilbert and her slate of candidates have announced, only weeks after the failure of their INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE, that they want to do it again so as “…to end jurisdictional squabbles! Such as who will represent actors in the growing area of digital productions--where AFTRA has been more aggressive!" Hey, instead of another costly attempt at consolidation with all of its unresolved problems, how about AFTRA just honoring a motion passed by both unions in 1999?The motion was passed at the AFTRA Convention in 1999 in San Francisco. It is Convention Resolution 99-CVR-17R. It was affirmed at the NEXT meeting of the S.A.G. Board. It is the policy of both unions. Take a look!
. Friday 8/22/2003
1 article- A Noted Shrink analyzes the Farrell Letter!
. Tuesday 8/19/2003
1 article- Restore Respect spokesman Mike Farrell’s letter to SAG members courtesy of RR candidate James Cromwell! Vision or Vitriol? You decide!
. Tuesday 8/19/2003
1 article- A Terrifying Tidbit from the Hollywood Reporter
. Friday 8/22/2003
1 article- Did SAG CEO Bob Pisano, President Melissa Gilbert and the current administration violate Title 29 of the National Labor Law Codes with their over-zealous expenditures of your dues money in their massive promotion of Consolidation? Click for the details.
. Monday 8/25/2003
1 article- Submit your own CAPTION in our first of many Create-a-Caption challenges!
. Tuesday 8/26/2003
1 article- Now that Melissa Gilbert and her Restore Respect dominated board have announced that they are going to take “Another Crack at Consolidation,” Qualified Voting is once again a hot topic with SAG’s Rank and File Membership! Although those trying to perpetrate this exclusionary process on the little guys and gals of our union have denied it, here’s documented proof that they surreptitiously inserted Qualified Voting into the AIMA Constitution without alerting the memberships. Here it is--- the SMOKING GUN OF QUALIFIED VOTING!
. Tuesday 8/26/2003
1 article- Branch Members could end up the kindling wood to fuel the fires of Qualified Voting
. Wednesday 8/27/2003
1 article- Come Flyer with me! “Tess, Mike & Jamie at the Credit Union.” From Hot Dogs! To Hot Debates! (8/25/03)
. Thursday 8/28/2003
1 article- Rumor of the Day
. Thursday 8/28/2003
1 article- The ballots are out! Check today's mailbox! If you don't get a ballot by next Tuesday, call Toni Simanovich at S.A.G. (323) 549-6787. Her email is tsimanovich@sag.org Tell her your name and S.A.G. number and the reason you are calling. You should receive TWO ballots in TWO separate envelopes. One is for President/Sec.Treasurer and the other is for the Board election!
. Friday 8/29/2003
1 article- Happy Labor Day weekend to all of our readers. And, a special thanks to ALL of our members and candidates who are out there with flyers in hand trying to make a difference in the greatest actors union in the world. It’s time to put those fliers aside, make them into little paper airplanes and sail them out of windows, or cut out the middle man-- and wad them up and throw them in the trash can. Enjoy your three days of rest, you have earned it. Hmmm, now where did I put that damn Mercer Report memorandum? Your editor A.L. Miller, alas, arl
. Saturday 8/30/2003
1 article- SAG’S DEFICIT LOWER, BUT WHO LOWERED IT
. Saturday 8/30/2003
1 article- Melissa Gilbert gives her excuses for her Failure to participate in the strike
For her complete Strike Timeline IN HER OWN WORDS, click on her picture to the left 
. Sunday 8/31/2003
1 article- McCord, Morales and the Membership First Slate takes the high road in their e-mail to the membership. Unlike the two e-mails sent out by James Cromwell, their message is based on character, not character assassination. And, unlike the Restore Respect mailings, Membership First backs up what they say, rather than away from it. What follows is a fact based, documented treatise on the current state of our union. It is a long offering but well worth the reading, if you truly want to make an informed choice when you mark your ballots.
. Tuesday 9/2/2003
1 article
News Flash 
EMC acquires the Amazing DeBUNKolator!
. Tuesday 9/2/2003
1 article- Hot Off the Presses
Just over an hour ago, Melissa Gilbert commented on the AIMA Gothic Lampoon featured on this web site-- and we’ve got all the juicy details!
. Tuesday 9/2/2003
1 article- You May have to “Qualify” to Vote--- under PENALTY OF PERJURY! See the enclosed Qualified Voting Affidavit!
. Wednesday 9/3/2003
1 article The Amazing DeBUNKolator is up and running! It has already DeBUNKolated its first Item 
a new sheet of propaganda from the Restore Respect Slate:
. Wednesday 9/3/2003
1 article Amazing DeBUNKolator Update: There’s good news tonight! There have been no serious injuries suffered during a massive DeBUNKolation of the Amazing DeBUNKolator!
. Thursday 9/4/2003
1 article- The Membership First Team says that Commercial Monitoring should be a top SAG priority! The Good News: President Gilbert says ““Technology has come a long way since the current monitoring system was implemented…Surely, with a little creative thinking, we could TODAY devise a far better one.” The Bad News: She said it in August of 2001 while running for SAG President !
. Friday 9/5/2003
1 article- Top 10 Reasons EMC is against One Minute Movies
. Friday 9/5/2003
1 article FAIR & BALANCED Inspired by the web site wranglers at GMMB, the high priced and high minded PR firm hired by SAG with 300 Thousand of your dues dollar$-- to gently nudge you into consolidation, we at EMC have decided to follow their exemplary example of good will and fair play by fastidiously following in their fair-minded footsteps...
. Saturday 9/6/2003
1 article Letter from GARY EPP, former SAG Vice-President & supporter of the recent Melissa Gilbert--CEO Bob Pisano Consolidation:
. Saturday 9/6/2003
1 article The Amazing DeBUNKolator is once again up and running after a near disastrous event that occurred while the scurrilous new USAN/Restore Respect mailer was being DeBUNKolated! NOW we have a printout of the text of that onerous mailer-- not meant for the eyes of SAG’s West Coast Members.
. Sunday 9/7/2003
1 article- RUMOR of the DAY:
. Monday 9/12/2005
1 article The Amazing DeBUNKolator has done it! It has DeBUNKolated the Unsavory USAN/Restore Respect N.Y. Malicious Mailer along with accompanying candid, candidate photographs 
. Sunday 9/7/2003
1 article- Variety: SAG debate nixed amid squabbling!
. Tuesday 9/9/2003
1 article SAG's New York Branch President Calls EMC's Editor & Chief INSANE 
. Tuesday 9/9/2003
1 article
Coming soon to an EMC nearest you! SAG President Melissa Gilbert tells all on the Howard Stern show with some very revealing comments—no ifs, ands or 
s
. Tuesday 9/9/2003
1 article
A message from Kent McCord’s Slate: “LET’S TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS
. Wednesday 9/10/2003
1 article When President Gilbert and the current leadership pulled the plug on SAG’s support of FTAC’s opposition to "economic runaways," how many millions$ of dollar$ in possible revenues to our membership did she flush down the drain?
. Wednesday 9/10/2003
1 article- SAG President Melissa Gilbert tells all on the Howard Stern show with some very revealing comments—no ifs, ands or s
. Thursday 9/11/2003
1 article EMC EXCLUSIVE Did Melissa Gilbert REALLY want to debate Kent McCord? Read their exchange of and you decide:
. Thursday 9/11/2003
1 article “ONE UNION, WORLDWIDE…OR NO UNION AT ALL!" declares USAN/Restore Respect candidate for Secretary/Treasurer James Cromwell! Check out what he and his slate have in store for you and your union!
. Friday 9/12/2003
1 article Pssst! Have you heard the latest ...
. Monday 9/12/2005
1 article In yesterday’s USAN/Restore Respect campaign e-mail, this cloaked accusation appeared: “SAG voters don't hear many snappy slogans or scandalous sound bites from us, that's true.” Scandalous sound bites? What scandalous sound bites? Perhaps, those who prepared this e-mail jumped the gun after seeing our teaser on Howard Stern--and assumed that we were going to publish some of the more prurient patter that occurred when their candidate appeared on Mr. Stern’s show to promote consolidation. Instead the only "scandalous" sound bite they got from us involved their candidates refusal to debate! As to their reference to “Snappy Slogans,” EMC’s only response is…
. Saturday 9/13/2003
1 article After exhaustive research, and hours and hours of man power, EMC has finally found a USAN/Restore Respect supporter who absolutely believes everything that comes out of their propaganda machine.
. Monday 9/15/2003
1 article Pending SAG suit NO STUNT (Variety magazine article)
. Tuesday 9/16/2003
1 article SAG member's letter to Variety Editor.
. Wednesday 9/17/2003
1 article EMC EXCLUSIVE: It's a brand spanking new movie! And it stars two well-known SAG candidates in the most challenging role reversals of their merging careers. You crossed them once and now they're cross-dressing for revenge! Get set for the dastardly duo's diabolical double cross. See the provocative poster and hear the titillating tell- all trailer!
. Thursday 9/18/2003
1 article An EMC Editorial !
. Thursday 9/18/2003
1 article Abner Furbish the third, great grandson of Abner Furbish Senior, the inventor of the Amazing DeBUNKolator, has just shocked the world by announcing that he will try the first Double DeBUNKolation in the history of mankind
. Friday 9/19/2003
1 article- MESSAGE from MELISSA: First Phase of the Amazing DeBUNKolator's Double
DeBUNKolation has been completed successfully without incident !
. Monday 9/22/2003
1 article SAG Faces Another Divisive Election (LA Times)
. Monday 9/22/2003
1 article- EMC is Election Central! Our highly trained staff will be on the scene all day, and well into the night if necessary, to keep you informed with all the latest news on this all important Election Day. This just in!!!
. Tuesday 9/23/2003
1 article- Accolades are arriving from around the world in the from double telegrams, e-mails and phone calls applauding Abner Furbish the 3rd upon his announcement that he has just completed Phase Two of the worlds first Double DeBUNKolation.
. Tuesday 9/23/2003
1 article Election Update! EMC Election Central has learned that a news conference will be held immediately after the results have been tabulated and certified. Estimated time between 8 PM and 10 PM Pacific Standard Time. More updates when they come in. You give us 22 minutes and we’ll have 1320 seconds!!!
. Tuesday 9/23/2003
1 article- EMC Election Central Update! The buzz from 5757 Wilshire is that the results in the Presidential Election will be announced momentarily. Our sources indicate that SAG President Melissa Gilbert was all smiles when she made the announcement. Stay tuned!
. Tuesday 9/23/2003
1 article- EMC Update! She's Back! Melissa Gilbert has been re-elected as SAG President by a narrow margin! Cromwell also gets the nod! More details when they come in!!!!
* Tuesday 9/23/2003
1 article EMC Election Update! Melissa Gilbert and the SAG staff were seen hugging and congratulating Presidential candidate Gordon Drake! EMC’s only question is--why? As of this writing Mr. Drake has not won anything! Except perhaps the election for Melissa! You see the seven percent difference in the balloting which allowed Melissa to be elected was taken up by Drake! He got approximately seven percent of the vote. Ain’t politics a bitch!! Stay tuned for more election coverage!
. Tuesday 9/23/2003
1 article- EMC Exclusive! Here is the break breakdown of the figures for the SAG Presidential and Secretary-Treasurer race. Stay Tuned for the Hollywood board numbers.
. Tuesday 9/23/2003
1 article- EMC Election Central Update: Some telling Post election comments from Melissa Gilbert and James Cromwell
. Tuesday 9/23/2003
1 article- An EMC Election Central Filler: Over 400 ballots were tossed because of over-voting for candidates. In the immortal words of SAG member Dirty Harry, “a voter’s got to know his limitations.” Meanwhile...
. Wednesday 9/24/2003
1 article- EMC Election Central Update!
. Wednesday 9/24/2003
1 article- EMC Election Central Bulletin Correction! Make that Membership First Slate wins 10 out of 12 National Board Seats!
. Wednesday 9/24/2003
1 article- EMC Election Central Bulletin! Membership First Slate Sweeps Hollywood Board election with 25 out of 34 Board Seats. Here are the names!
. Wednesday 9/24/2003
1 article- SAG/AFTRA and JPC reach tenative agreement!
. Wednesday 9/24/2003
1 article- More on that "Quickie" Contract
. Thursday 9/25/2003
1 article- SAG’s split widens (Variety)
. Thursday 9/25/2003
1 article- Melissa Had it Made in the Shade Because of the Branches: Another Award Winning EMC Editorial!
. Friday 9/26/2003
1 article- EMC congratulates our Member of the Month Robert Amico. Mr. Amico worked tirelessly from the beginning of the recent election campaign handing out thousands of fliers to get his slate elected!
. Friday 9/26/2003
1 article- Jurisdictional dispute between Writers Guild and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees! Yikes! Is it time for Consolidation? (LA Times article and EMC commentary!)
. Saturday 9/27/2003
1 article Show us the Money! Is SAG FINALLY on the right Track
. Sunday 9/28/2003
1 article- Will SAG’s non-working actors finally get their due praise as a result of Melissa’s victory?
. Tuesday 9/30/2003
1 article- Details of the new SAG commercial contract. The 5% Solution!
. Tuesday 9/30/2003
1 article- EMC congratulates Eileen Henry for being reelected SAG’s New York Branch President!
. Wednesday 10/1/2003
1 article Runaway Bill takes First Hurdle in Stride
. Thursday 10/2/2003
1 article An EMC “Oooops!” Exclusive! On Oct. 1 the following was sent out on behalf of the SAG Membership by Melissa Gilbert and James Cromwell:
. Friday 10/3/2003
1 article- “Ooooops! Part Duuh!" As predicted by EMC, Melissa remains true to form and BLAMES HER ASSISTANT!
. Friday 10/3/2003
1 article EMC Surveyed Opponents to Consolidation to see if they were against a cure for cancer. The exclusive results.
. Saturday 10/4/2003
1 article- Bulletin Board Wars! The Hawks against the Doves? Stunning Wildlife Photos included!
. Sunday 10/5/2003
1 article Food for thought on the current STRIKE by the United Food & Commercial Workers Union!
. Monday 10/6/2003
1 article Expose This SAG Leadership denies Minority Report even though SAG Board Policy mandates it! In a dangerous precedent AFTRA Board members were allowed to exert their influence in deciding what information SAG members will or will NOT get concerning the current collective bargaining proposal! EMC EXCLUSIVE! A copy of The 1998 SAG National Board Policy governing a Minority Report. You've heard about it! Read it and decide who's been telling the truth!
. Wednesday 10/8/2003
1 article
Psssst! Psssst! Have you heard about the McNary Memo at 5757 Wilshire? 
. Wednesday 10/8/2003
1 article An important Message from Membership First concerning the proposed Commercials Contract!
. Friday 10/10/2003
1 article EMC Exclusive! Inside the Joint Board meeting when the Majority Whip snaps into action to get the Go-Along-To-Get-Alongs to Go Along To Get Along!
. Friday 10/10/2003
1 article
SAG Member shows solidarity with UFCW and joins their picket line!
. Sunday 10/12/2003
1 article Crowell bemoans “Without strike authorization this is the very, very best deal that we could have gotten!” All the details in the enclosed Variety Article!
. Monday 10/13/2003
1 article- EMC proudly announces the Amazing New Demi-DeBUNKolator! And it is
, Babe!
. Wednesday 10/15/2003
1 article
EMC just received word that the big Solidarity Picket sponsored by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor held today at 1:00 pm was a HUGE SUCCESS!
. Thursday 10/16/2003
1 article- ATTENTION: SAG & AFTRA MEMBERS Negotiations for the SAG TV/Theatrical are fast approaching. In preparation, SAG is conducting open Wages & Working Conditions Caucus meetings where you can express your concerns and help develop proposals.
. Friday 10/17/2003
1 article UPDATE Saturday, SAG’s Popsicle Guild will be out in the Popsicle Guild’s Amazing SAGmobile on an amazing journey to support UFCW picketers!
. Friday 10/17/2003
1 article- The Amazing SAGmobile Popsicle Tour got off to an Amazing start this morning at 8:45 AM at Albertsons on Glenoaks! Everyone liked the water and doughnuts, but they LOVED
the bathroom privileges in the Amazing SAGmobile. The tour is currently at Ralph’s at 25 E. Alameda and will move on to Pavilions 1110 Alameda between 10:15 AM and 10:30 AM.on this amazing journey to support UFCW picketers! For complete schedule click on the smiling popsicles.
. Saturday 10/18/2003
1 article- Old Timers are calling it the greatest Popsicle Pilgrimage in SAG’s History! And we’ve got all the lip smacking details with the pictures to prove it.
. Sunday 10/19/2003
1 article- NEW FEATURE: The Picket Periscope. EMC’s Celebrity Picket line Crossers!
. Sunday 10/19/2003
1 article Have you heard the latest from the weekend plenary?
. Monday 10/20/2003
1 article Hmmmm, Boy they're sneaky
. Tuesday 10/21/2003
1 article AFTRA's Piggy Bank Cries "OINKLE "
. Wednesday 10/22/2003
1 article
AFTRA running LOW
. Thursday 10/23/2003
1 article
Raymond Rhime SAG Watchdog's new Poet Lariat reacts to his new AFTRA dues and assessment statement with a remarkable, rousing reading of his new masterpiece “Ode To Poor Piggy!”
. Friday 10/24/2003
1 article SAG sets its TV/Theatrical negotiation committee
. Saturday 10/25/2003
1 article The Latest in TV Reality: a Sharp Drop in Viewers! Broadcast executives and advertisers are baffled as the new season fails to follow the networks’ script.
. Sunday 10/26/2003
1 article SAG gets AFL-CIO merger help
. Monday 10/27/2003
1 article A SAG Watchdog Exclusive: The New Hit Single "Secret Actors Guild!" Get out your hankies.
. Tuesday 10/28/2003
1 article The Membership has spoken on the new contract! Also SW's Poet Lariat responds
. Wednesday 10/29/2003
1 article- Sheen Shines! West Wings’ Prez once again showed that he had the right stuff when he headed an impromptu UFCW picket in front of Ralph’s in Malibu! Speaking of the right stuff see SW’s Editor in stunning color as he takes on the surf.
. Thursday 10/30/2003
1 article How's your AFTRA I.Q. Take the AFTRA "Non-Union Test " You just might be surprised. Also on the same topic HEAR Raymond Rhime read another of his Epic Odes!
. Friday 10/31/2003
1 article- The SAG Watchdog announces a new contest in which there will be plenty of LOSERS
. Tuesday 11/4/2003
1 article Respected SAG Activist & Former Board Member Calls for Audit of Guild finances
. Thursday 11/6/2003
1 article Name That Disenfranchisement Read the latest Contest entries!
. Friday 11/7/2003
1 article Sheraton Show & Tell: The Thursday evening Local Membership Meeting at the Sheraton Universal Hotel was both rewarding and "interesting!" Marvin was Marvelous!
. Saturday 11/8/2003
1 article Censored: The Editorial AFTRA doesn’t want you to see.
. Saturday 11/8/2003
1 article- SAG CFO Quits!
And another award winning SAG Watchdog Editorial!
. Sunday 11/9/2003
1 article Actors’ Equity hits non-union tours
. Wednesday 11/12/2003
1 article
BONUS PICS ADDED The Big FTAC Rally and accompanying PHOTOS!
. Saturday 11/15/2003
1 article SAG pension plans merged! (Variety Magazine Article) And another brilliant editorial from SW’s brilliant editor & Chef!
. Monday 11/17/2003
1 article- SAG WATCHDOG EXCLUSIVE
Lately, there’s been an outcry for an audit due to supposedly missing millions from the unclaimed residual account! Until now the Ol’ SAG Watchdog has made no mention of this for fear of being accused of Milking every one of SAG's teeny weenie discrepancies just for a story. But now we have several sources that have confirmed that....
. Tuesday 11/18/2003
1 article
“AFTRA Hanky Panky?” By guest columnist Terrence Beasor
. Tuesday 11/18/2003
1 article
We have a winning name in our Qualified Voting Contest!
. Thursday 11/20/2003
1 article Have you heard the latest
. Friday 11/21/2003
1 article Federal Judge says AFTRA may appear to have interests adverse to SAG and issues order that allows plaintiffs to continue their suit!
. Saturday 11/22/2003
1 article A pictorial invitation to today’s 11/23/03 Membership meeting at the Sheraton Universal Hotel!
. Sunday 11/23/2003
1 article “Advise End Dissent” Who got stewed, who got booed and who got lewd at the membership meeting Sunday! Sneaky Cam Pics included!
. Monday 11/24/2003
1 article- Union Buster Alert
Melissa says Our Employers “HAVE EMBEDDED UNIONBUSTERS” in Our Guild! "Are you now, or have you ever been…"
. Wednesday 11/26/2003
1 article A Pictorial Outing with SAG Members Dave and Halcyon Shearer spending a Pleasant Day in Wilmington with the ILWU handing out food baskets!
. Sunday 11/30/2003
1 article
In an effort to stifle any dissent, members who oppose the current administration have been charged with being Subversive, Disloyal Agents of our Employers! Thanks to these divisive tactics by our SAG President "Crappy Days Are Here Again!" Photos and a new song are included
. Monday 12/1/2003
1 article Bites from Barker! Here at The Ol’ SAG Watch Dog we get some interesting e-mails passed along to us. Some of the most intriguing come from Stunt Person Rick Barker.
. Wednesday 12/3/2003
1 article NEWLY REVISED Animation & a Bonus Sound Bite Added! Can you Spell hypocrite? Read on…
. Monday 9/12/2005
1 article- A SAG Watchdog exclusive. A new epic poem by SW poet lariat Raymond Rhime dedicated to all of SAG’s married couples entitled “Ode To Embedded Union Busters.” This one is not for the Kiddies!
. Tuesday 12/9/2003
1 article EIGHTY SIX PERCENT of SAG MEMBERS are AGAINST ANOTHER TRY AT AIMA! However, out of the mere 800 hundred members that were polled 632 of them Favored Continuing Efforts to Unite SAG and AFTRA!
. Wednesday 12/10/2003
1 article It’s gonna be One of the Two Hot Tickets this weekend. The Annual SAG Staff Holiday Party! Get all the Juicy Details with this Exclusive SAG Watchdog Pictorial Special.
. Thursday 12/11/2003
1 article- The Current Administration has reached a NEW LOW with publication of The Current Edition of The Screen Actor! They have perverted a magazine that is supposed to reach out to the membership. This issue does that! It reaches out--then slaps them in the face! It is full of venomous rhetoric attacking Members who oppose the current agenda—Consolidation at any cost! The SAG Watchdog has run the Cover of this scurrilous edition through our Amazing DeBUNKolator to reveal its true face! !
. Saturday 12/13/2003
1 article A SAG WATCHDOG EXCLUSIVE! We’ve got those DELETED comments from the SAG Foundation website. The ones Melissa doesn’t want you to see!
. Sunday 12/14/2003
1 article The SAG Watchdog has reached TEN THOUSAND HITS And the hits just keep coming!
. Sunday 12/14/2003
1 article Exclusive Photos of the Big UFCW Solidarity March and Rally. See SAG President Gilbert in Low riding tight jeans, Oooh, La, La. See President Connolly in a tight tee shirt, Yikes! And more….
. Tuesday 12/16/2003
1 article Have you heard what the Branch Board of Directors wants this Holiday Season? It’s a Real DUES-ZEE!
. Friday 12/19/2003
1 article AMPTP Prexy, & Chief Negotiator for the studios and nets, blasts Writer’s Guild DVD demands as "excessive!" Melissa ‘Counters’ with “LIES, ALL LIES!”
. Wednesday 12/24/2003
1 article- UPDATE: Startling New Development
A Belated SW Christmas Gift Offer of the Banned Rendition of “I’m Dreaming Of a SAG Christmas.”
. Thursday 12/25/2003
1 article A ReBUTTal of Mike Farrell The Flim Flame Man He talks but his mouth don’t move! Find out why as the SAG Watchdog gets to the BOTTOM of his acrimonious assaults!
. Monday 9/12/2005
1 article Probe Stirs Up Writers Guild
. Monday 1/5/2004
1 article Investigator rules Riskin ran ineligibly against Hughes
. Tuesday 1/6/2004
1 article Scribe prez steps down
. Tuesday 1/6/2004
1 article SAG pair sues 2 extras companies
. Wednesday 1/7/2004
1 article Melissa to Use New Surfing Technology to Find Embedded Union Busters! ... and SW Editor & Chief REVEALS AN IMPORTANT SECRET!
. Thursday 1/8/2004
1 article SAG names Frank CFO!
. Saturday 1/10/2004
1 article- ATA/NATR EXPOSE'
SAG WATCHDOG EXCLUSIVE: “Lies your union has told you ”
. Sunday 1/11/2004
1 article WGA Prexy takes assertive tack
. Tuesday 1/13/2004
1 article SAG Watchdog Exclusive: The Info SAG's Leadership does not want you to know! Rick Barker with his side of the story on his Conflict Of Interest Lawsuit!
. Tuesday 1/13/2004
1 article SAG, AFTRA , Equity and other union members to rally for UFCW workers!
. Friday 1/16/2004
1 article EXCLUSIVE SAG WATCHDOG BULLETIN Hollywood Board Whipsawed. Pisano for 3 more years UPDATE!
. Saturday 1/17/2004
1 article- Weekend Plenary:
It’s PAYBACK TIME (Exclusive! Here’s a Dues-zee that no one is talking about!)
. Monday 1/19/2004
1 article
CEO Bob’s response to the Goodies bestowed upon him by the Whipsawed SAG Board!
. Monday 9/12/2005
1 article So, have you heard the latest about SAG's NED for Communications?
. Friday 1/23/2004
1 article B.C. unions mulling wage cuts for biz!
. Friday 1/23/2004
1 article SAG Board gives J. Lo pass for NOT wearing her Union Suit
. Friday 1/23/2004
1 article Grumblings From SAG Staff
. Sunday 1/25/2004
1 article Grocery Workers need our support this Saturday---RALLY they do
. Wednesday 1/28/2004
1 article Koff’s Queries: Some “Interesting” Questions that need be addressed by the board and the membership!
. Thursday 1/29/2004
1 article According to the SW Calendar, it’s just about time for the Hollywood Board Meeting when Melissa will stand up and face some tough questioning! Sparks will fly?
. Thursday 1/29/2004
1 article Melissa’s does about face on her attempt to Scuttle Hollywood Board Meeting!
. Friday 1/30/2004
1 article- SW EXCLUSIVE
14 Thousand Union Members and only eight “Andy Gumps!” Let The Ol’ SAG Watchdog take you there with the all stunning SIGHTS & SOUNDS!
. Sunday 2/1/2004
1 article Under CEO Bob Pisano Heads Have Rolled, but salaries Have Not Rolled-back!!
. Tuesday 2/3/2004
1 article Cold Mountain getting the Cold Shoulder
. Wednesday 2/4/2004
1 article Variety: Actors unions begin talks! And a bit of "Wild" commentary by the Ol' SAG Watchdog!
. Wednesday 2/4/2004
1 article SAG Duo seek Pisano ban
. Thursday 2/5/2004
1 article Have You heard? Melissa Gets Her “Slander Up” During Hollywood Board Meeting!
. Thursday 2/5/2004
1 article New release “Miracle” the celebration of the USA Olympic Hockey teams victory over Russians was filmed in VANCOUVER!
. Friday 2/6/2004
1 article Analysis: SAG and AFTRA’s Early Talks Abuse WGA?
. Friday 2/6/2004
1 article A few choice words of wry wisdom from SW’s new Chatty, Catty, Confidant--and Concise Columnist Annie Nonamuss!
. Monday 2/9/2004
1 article CEO Pisano Nets 2.4 MILLION Mackerels from Netflix Deal
. Tuesday 2/10/2004
1 article SW EXCLUSIVE: And You thought the AMPTP had installed Embedded Union Busters to stop Consolidation! Sniff, sniff…what the hell is that smell?
. Wednesday 2/11/2004
1 article You gotta hear this
. Friday 2/13/2004
1 article Your Ol’ SAG Watchdog in Doghouse over incorrect information concerning SAG Board and Global Rule One I really grovel on this one, folks!
. Friday 2/13/2004
1 article Sizzling SW Scoop Legendary Columnist Annie Nonamuss on the “Boo-Boo” at the Beverly!”
. Tuesday 2/17/2004
1 article- SAG Watchdog Commentary: Tess Harper & James Cromwell spill the beans! And The WRITE OFF is on the Wall!
. Wednesday 2/18/2004
1 article If the new contract Extension is approved, will it put an end to the Great Digital Devide and FINALLY put an end to the rush to Consolidate?
. Friday 2/20/2004
1 article- HOLLYWOOD Board refuses to SIGN on to Contract Extension
. Saturday 2/21/2004
1 article A Lousy 2.5 Percent! Check out the figures and you decide! SW EXTRA: An angry verse by SW Poet Lariat, Raymond Rhime! (Warning this one's NOT for the kiddies!)
. Saturday 2/21/2004
1 article SW’s Reassuring “Thought for the Day!” Pisano outshines Entire WGA Membership!
. Saturday 2/21/2004
1 article Did you get that e-mail Message from Melissa to all SAG Members? We did! And we immediately ran it through the Amazing DeBUNKolator’s Truth-Serumonizer! Yikes! What she really felt about that dress!
. Tuesday 2/24/2004
1 article- Does SAG’s Outside “Conflict Of Interest” Council…ah, have a CONFLICT OF INTEREST? You gotta read this!
. Wednesday 2/25/2004
1 article SW Exclusive: “Letter’s, We Get Letters!” And we got the full text of both the letters from the attorney of Bower/Wilson concerning SAG CEO Pisano's Conflict of Interest with Netflix and the full 11 page response from SAG’s “Outside” Council!
. Wednesday 2/25/2004
1 article- A Great New SW Cartoon: "FLIX AND THE FAT CATS" in ConFLIX Of Interest!
. Thursday 2/26/2004
1 article- “Lies…Nothing but Lies!” A little something Consolidation Purveyors failed to mention to members!
. Friday 2/27/2004
1 article- Melissa the WHOLE PICTURE! Was it that dress, Melissa,or the TV! View a full length photo—THEN YOU DECIDE!
. Friday 2/27/2004
1 article- SW Exclusive: Hear the Promo for The New Runaway Hit “Cold Mutton!”
. Tuesday 3/2/2004
1 article Is a Vote for an Extension a vote for a strike NEXT YEAR? Who will end up between a Rock & a Hard Place?
. Tuesday 3/2/2004
1 article- SAG Actors, a Vote for Extension is a vote for Inclusion into the Wonderful World Of AFTRA ACTORS!
. Tuesday 3/2/2004
1 article- Legendary Columnist Annie Nonamus tells all on Telltale signs on “How the Extension Vote is going!” Oh, didn’t you know, CEO Bob, Melissa and her contingent will be getting A RUNNING TALLY from the Voting Company.
. Wednesday 3/3/2004
1 article How Many Shows currently being shot on Digital on WB & UPN will be effected by the new Contract Proposal? Tom La Grua SAG National Director of Contract Strategy responds to your humble SW Editor & Chief's query. THIS ONE WILL SURPRISE YOU.
. Wednesday 3/3/2004
1 article- The Reasons behind this Extension. And the Reasons to Vote NO
. Friday 3/5/2004
1 article- SW Exclusive
SW Editor & Chief A.L. Miller moderates a gathering of Extension Proponents including CEO Bob Pisano, President Melissa Gilbert and some SURPRISES!
. Monday 3/8/2004
1 article SW Exclusive: A Legendary Hollywood Accountant proclaims that SAG's proposed 2.5% Minimum increase will lag behind the Cost Of Living!
. Thursday 3/11/2004
1 article SW Exclusive: You probably heard about it by now. The Extraordinary Friday Night Extension Informational Meeting. For an insiders look at what will forever more be known as “The French Connection” read on.
. Sunday 3/14/2004
1 article Extension Passes: Hear Georgie Jolson's New Hit Single "Boy We Got Spun!"
. Thursday 3/18/2004
1 article A hard hitting SW Investigative Report exposes the underbelly of the gritty world of the SAG/AFTRA jurisdictional dispute--in an exclusive No Holds Barred Account of a new Feature Film supposedly shot under an AFTRA Low Budget Feature Film contract.
. Sunday 3/21/2004
1 article SW Exclusive “Undertow” Update!
. Tuesday 3/23/2004
1 article Tensions up as WGA discussions loom
. Friday 3/26/2004
1 article Well Partners, the tension is MOUNTING for Sunday’s Membership Meeting! It should be a very prickly event!
. Saturday 3/27/2004
1 article SAG dues hike moves forward
. Saturday 3/27/2004
1 article Shootout at Dry gulch: The Hollywood Membership Meeting! Melissa Shows/Then Blows! Identity Theft Infomercial/Causes Auditorium Dispersal! And Craven Misanthropes/ pin Farrell On the Ropes! Click, For a blow by blow account of Sunday’s Membership Meeting along with Mike’s Rationalization for calling members Misanthropes and craven... in THEIR magazine!
. Tuesday 3/30/2004
1 article- Whipsaw Sees $Dollar Signs. Netflix Stock Up
. Friday 4/2/2004
1 article The Hollywood Membership Meeting: Shootout at Dry Gulch, Part DUH! Union Busters! Dues Avoiders! And Tap Dancers! Ouch! They hung her out to dry!
. Monday 4/5/2004
1 article Congratulations to CEO Bob on his "new" Mercedes
. Monday 4/5/2004
1 article You’ve heard about the proposed “necessary” Dues Increase. You’ve heard about the Amenities Challenged Hollywood Membership Meeting! Now join us on an “Exclusive’ tour of the digs where our Branch Board Members will be reposing during the upcoming Plenary! Oh, and get out those checkbooks!
. Wednesday 4/7/2004
1 article A New Watchdog feature. Feedback from our readers. A reader writes “…When it comes to branch office payments to AFTRA the formula is ridiculous! SAG pays AFTRA 60% of all dues collected from SAG members in those branches…”
. Sunday 4/11/2004
1 article Shhh Things that your Current Leadership doesn’t want you to know!
. Wednesday 4/14/2004
1 article- “My Fishing Trip” by SW Editor & Chief A.L. Miller
. Wednesday 4/21/2004
1 article The Handshake that ended up in our pocket. More shocking Netflix Revelations
. Thursday 4/22/2004
1 article- Today is the first day of SAG’s much anticipated “dues-raising” Weekend Plenary. During this period the Ol’ SAG Watchdog will have exclusive photos of various related board member activities.
. Friday 4/23/2004
1 article Another Exclusive Photo: Membership First Board Members prepare for Tomorrows expected confrontation over a dues increase!
. Friday 4/23/2004
1 article Today, Regional Branch Board Members floated several ideas at their No-nonsense Conference at the Beautiful Fairmont Miramar! SW Exclusive hidden-cam photo reveals SPY in their midst!
. Friday 4/23/2004
1 article A proposed agenda along with some thoughts regarding today’s SAG Plenary!
. Saturday 4/24/2004
1 article- Hot
Off the Presses: Melissa’s Restore Respect Board votes NO CONFLICT for “Fox in The Hen House !”
. Sunday 4/25/2004
1 article A SAG Watchdog EXCLUSIVE on the Boards agreed upon Dues Increase Referendum! Info that you WON’T GET ANYHWERE ELSE!. Promises Made, will they be Kept?
. Monday 4/26/2004
1 article Feedback on the Dues Increase: War Chest! What War Chest?
. Monday 4/26/2004
1 articleSAG Watchdog Exclusive Pisano goes public! Now we’re waiting for the other shoe to drop
. Tuesday 4/27/2004
1 article SAG Gets New Talent Partner
. Thursday 4/29/2004
1 article The Other Shoe has Dropped! A Statement from Melissa! Could it end up in her getting the boot?
. Thursday 4/29/2004
1 article Exciting New Feature: The SAG Watchdog Cartoon Of The Week!
. Friday 4/30/2004
1 article Their Conflict is in our interest! The last time these two went to battle their victory put Millions of dollars in SAG members pockets! And, guess what folks, they are at it again!
. Tuesday 5/4/2004
1 article The high-stakes drama over a new writers contract could take a nasty turn today.
. Wednesday 5/5/2004
1 article- Bulletin: Writers Offer AMPTP Basically same the same One year EXTENSION deal that producers gave SAG! Producers declined! Talks break down!
. Wednesday 5/5/2004
1 article- UPDATE
IMPORTANT ADDITION Counter Speaks with Forked Tongue
. Thursday 5/6/2004
1 article SAG Watchdog EXPOSE: Mike Farrell TRAPPED in a BAD LIE
. Saturday 5/8/2004
1 article IBEW SHOCKS CNN
. Monday 5/10/2004
1 article Signs of scribe support
. Tuesday 5/11/2004
1 article SAG’s New Phone-y Survey! “Name those Concessions!” We’ve got all the questions. concessions and intimidations!
. Tuesday 5/11/2004
1 article Wasteful survey that will be used as a marketing tool to sell membership on the next ATA/NATR “Deal”---or Outreach program?
. Thursday 5/13/2004
1 article It is a matter of TRUST! And that is why the SAG Watchdog is coming out AGAINST the current leaderships proposed DUES INCREASE!
. Thursday 5/13/2004
1 article- Have ya’ heard the latest? Pisano sweating the dues increase results
. Monday 5/17/2004
1 article- Melissa’s New Dues Increase “Outreach” E-mail! (The SAG Watchdog Unabridged version.)
. Tuesday 5/18/2004
1 article In Violation of Calif. Corporation Code, CEO Bob, Melissa and Current Leadership Effectively SILENCE Opposition to Dues Increase.
. Tuesday 5/18/2004
1 article- “Membership First Bushwhacked” Part One: An UPDATED Response by SAG Watchdog Editor & Chief, to an e-mail sent out by Restore Respecter Rebecca Bush ATTACKING Membership First Board Members in an effort to SELL the dues increase to reluctant voters.
. Thursday 5/20/2004
1 article- Bushwhacked Part Two! SW Exclusive: SAG Watchdog continues its response to that Rebecca Bush e-mail everyone is talking about!
. Friday 5/21/2004
1 article
It’s The SAG Watchdog CARTOON of the Week! Are YOU in Jeopardy of being in it
. Saturday 5/22/2004
1 article- SAG Watchdog Exclusive: Why won’t Sallie Weaver, SAG’s Deputy National Executive Director for Contracts, put it IN WRITING?
And a Watchdog Bonus, Award winning poet lariat, Raymond Rhime, inspired by this story has written an another epic poem. This one is entitled “Ode to an Eager Beaver.”
. Monday 5/24/2004
1 article- Legendary Columnist Annie Nonamus
with SAG’S TOY STORY and other Hot SAG Chatter. Kiddies, guess who FINALLY got a certified letter from Sallie? MEOW!!
. Thursday 5/27/2004
1 article- A Letter from Frances Fisher to Claude Brodesser of Variety Magazine
. Thursday 5/27/2004
1 article- A Memorial Day Tribute to the founders of the Great Screen Actors Guild
(With some neat old photos.)
. Saturday 5/29/2004
1 article It Goes Down
. Tuesday 6/1/2004
1 article Ladies and Gentleman for the first time on any website, your Ol’ “Hollywood Reporter” presents a “Variety” of propaganda featuring Uncle Bob Pisano and his dummy RV.
. Wednesday 6/2/2004
1 article SAG Watchdog Exclusive We’ve got the BREAKDOWN of the dues increase, ah…BREAKDOWN!
. Wednesday 6/2/2004
1 article SAG on right Track with MONITORING
. Thursday 6/3/2004
1 article Veteran AFTRA board members hit the campaign trail!
. Sunday 6/6/2004
1 article- The Ol’ SAG Watchdog is concerned because we’ve heard that there’s been a lot of LONG FACES around 5757 Wilshire this week! We hope our Embedded Song cheers them up!
. Sunday 6/6/2004
1 article- SW'S Cartoon Tribute Of The Week!
. Monday 6/7/2004
1 article
John Kruk Chews Up Actors!
. Monday 6/7/2004
1 article
Another AFTRA Indy Candidate for your consideration
. Tuesday 6/8/2004
1 article- On this day of National Mourning, SAG will be Closed.(6/11/04)
. Thursday 6/10/2004
1 article For a Variety of reasons, SAG CEO Pisano's Fortunes seem to be changing. In the wake of a breaking story in a major financial magazine concerning his potential "Conflix" Of Interest, The Hollywood Board asks him to STEP ASIDE!
. Tuesday 6/15/2004
1 article
An “UNFORTUNATE ,” Dated, Certified, Curt response to the Ol’ SAG Watchdog from SAG’s Deputy National Executive Director for Contracts Sallie C Weaver. SW BONUS: An epic poem by Raymond Rhime titled “Ode to a Certified Letter.”
. Wednesday 6/16/2004
1 article The Trade Papers take on the Hollywood Board's resolution demanding the resignation of CEO Pisano. Read, compare, and you decide who best covered the story.
. Thursday 6/17/2004
1 article
Finally, some GOOD NEWS concerning SAG’s historic ONE year TV/Theatrical contract extension!
. Saturday 6/19/2004
1 article With New Information Yee Gawds Not Another SAG Telephone Survey I feel a song coming on
. Tuesday 6/22/2004
1 article - A Noted Shrink analyzes the Farrell Letter!