*alert Official SAG email claims that President Rosenberg, Martin Sheen and anyone else that is not in favor of the TV/Theatrical “Deal,” is trying to bring down the union. *do

In a move that can only be described as the most egregious in SAG History, the current controlling USAN/UFS New York and the Branches board majority has used members dues money, and membership list, to send out an email that for all practical purposes has labeled our SAG President Alan Rosenberg, First Vice President Anne-Marie Johnson and Treasurer Connie Stevens and the overwhelming majority of the Hollywood Board as SAG traitors.

Don't be Tricked into Voting Against TV/Theatrical Contract: Some members are trying to take our union down and continue to circulate misinformation about our tentative agreement. Don’t be fooled into voting down a good deal, with real gains for actors.

Inherit in this accusation is that, SAG Members like Martin Sheen, ‘Ralph Morgan Award’ Winners Kent McCord and Scott Wilson, former SAG president Ed Asner, and hundreds of other loyal members are traitors to the Screen Actors Guild.

Yes, just because SAG members have taken it upon themselves to speak out against the current TV/Theatrical ‘deal,’ the controlling board majority, (mostly made up of New York and Branch USAN board members--along with a handful of UFS board members) have taken it upon themselves to use SAG money dues money, and email list, to officially accuse such loyal SAG members as Tony Danza, Tom Bower, John Heard, Kevin Dobson, Terry Moore, Billy Mumy, Clancy Brown--and anyone else who opposes this contract, of giveaways, as SAG traitors trying to bring down the union.

Who are those behind this official SAG email? They are New York’s USAN and Branches majority along with the Unite for Strength board members.

Remember these faces, they are the ones that pulled the coup of our union, replacing a fairly proportioned negotiating team, that was formed under the Constitutional rules of procedure, and replaced it with a disproportionately formulated “Task Force” to give a dominate say in negotiations to New York and the Branches---even though they only do twenty-five percent of the TV.Theatrical work.

They are the faces of SAG board members who fired former NED Doug Allen to stop him from sending out a strike authorization so that members would have a voice in their negotiations.

And these are the faces of just some of the USAN/UFS board members that are using SAG resources to smear anyone including YOU if you get in the way of their AMPTP friendly ‘deal.”

They were, of course, aided by the board majority made up of New York and Branches, USAN board members and UFS Hollywood board members; All share responsibility in this Divisive, repulsive act. But then, why should we be surprised, after all, many are the same members who supported Melissa Gilbert when she labeled those who disagreed with her and her gang, as “Embedded Union Busters,” The same gang that stood behind board member Mike Farrell when he used the SAG Actor magazine to call his SAG opponents “creations” and “misanthropes.”

Every SAG board member involved in this unsavory business should be brought up on “Charges Unbecoming a Member.” Hey, if using membership dues money to charge 47 percent of our SAG board and hundreds of members with trying to bring down the Screen Actors Guild is not conduct unbecoming a member--NOTHING IS!

Also, there are rumbles of a lawsuit to be brought against those board members responsible for this egregious act of defaming so many of our SAG members. Oh, and if they think they are, necessarily, indemnified by SAG, and that they are free of liability, perhaps they should read the Labor Disclosure Act of 1959. Title V, (Judiciary Responsibility;

A general exculpatory provision in the constitution and bylaws of such a labor organization or a general exculpatory resolution of a governing body purporting to relieve any such person of liability for breach of the duties declared by this section shall be void as against public policy.

Of course, they'll try to wiggle out of this by saying, but, but we only said “some of the members” are trying to bring the union down--THEN THEY SHOULD IDENTIFY WHO THOSE MEMBERS ARE!

Otherwise, it is clear they used the word “some” as a bogus 'qualifier' in order to smear every SAG member, who dared to disagree with them, using the same brush.

That they sent out this vicious email at this stage of the game, several days after the ballots have been sent out, is obviously an act of desperation on their part.

You see, it is no secret, among those in the know that SAG National Executive Directors can track voting on referendums; CEO Bob Pisano did it all the time. This attack email is just one sign that they are beginning to sweat it.

Oh, did we mention that they now have Robo-Calls going out with Adam Arkin and Amy Brennerman telling members to vote for this contract. Perfect, most of these people are well suited to be Telemarketers.

In light of the current, perverted ‘Vote YES’ email from the Current USAN/UFS leadership, this quote credited to Melisa Gilbert has got to be the funniest quote of the week:

“I’m still amazed and shocked at the level of vitriol among the opponents of this deal. I should not be surprised, but I am. There’s no room for dissent.”