Commercial contract passes. See Martin Sheen and other Actors in latest Vote No video!
Los Angeles (May 21, 2009) —In nationwide voting completed today, members of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists have overwhelmingly approved new three-year successor agreements to the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Television Commercials Contract and the2006 AFTRA Television and Radio Commercials Contracts .
The memberships of AFTRA and SAG voted 93.84% percent in favor of the new agreements. Approximately 132,000 members of the unions received ballots, of which 28% percent returned them. The final vote was certified today by Integrity Voting Systems, an impartial election service based in Everett, Washington.
The “go-along-to-get-along” crowd (USAN/UFS) say those against the Worst TV/Theatrical Contract in the History of SAG just want to strike.
Duh! If indeed that’s what they wanted, why were their no outcries from them against the commercial contract, no videos not emails?
Most actors felt the commercial contract was, at least, acceptable. On the other hand, they do not find the rollbacks and giveaways in the current TV/Theatrical acceptable.
Here is one group of long time SAG members who don’t find the new TV/Theatrical contract acceptable, and with very good reasons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8_U0GSXPu0
A.L. Miller SW Editor & Chief 
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