One can negotiate a PS3 shooter easier than the negotiations between SAG and the AMPTP, following the expiration of SAG’s contract on July 1 and the successful ratification of rival actor’s union AFTRA’s contract a week later.
The current hubbub is that the AMPTP is saying that SAG rejected its “last best final” offer, while SAG is saying “oh no we didn’t… we just haven’t accepted it yet.”
Whatever. The bottom line is this: if SAG thinks they can break through where WGA, DGA and AFTRA failed, we are headed toward a strike, or at least a producers lockout. SAG needs to get realistic and take the best deal they can get for now… and live to fight another day for progress on some of their other pet issues.
And let’s be honest; there’s no way actors are getting bagged by producers the same way writers were.
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