The AMPTP alerted me to this?”Open Letter to the Entertainment Industry”??in the form of an ad addressing?the current situation with SAG and?set to run in the Los Angeles Times tomorrow. I have a better idea: Why don’t the Hollywood CEOs get off their damn high horses and start negotiating directly with SAG (like they did with the WGA) and stop leaving everything up to their extremist labor lawyers and the AMPTP’s version of Dick Cheney, Carol Lombardini.?This?letter shows what a sham the AMPTP is and that?it reps?a?Big Media cartel?of these 8 companies. Also, it’s interesting how this letter conveniently forgets that Chernin made a favored nations deal on behalf of these CEOs with the WGA concerning New Media: if SAG gets a better New Media deal, so do the WGA and DGA:

This was released by SAG on Wednesday, November 26th:

Why should we vote to authorize a strike?
We need to show management that we are willing to fight to preserve our ability to earn a living as union performers; otherwise, management

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Dueling statements today…

SAG President Alan Rosenfeld sent this message to members (also available on video here ):

Dear Screen Actors Guild Member,

As your president, I want to take this opportunity to communicate directly with you about recent developments regarding our television and motion picture contract negotiations.

Last week, under the guidance

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Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg spoke with KTLA’s Sam Rubin this AM:

The AMPTP today sent the following message to?its employers:

“We are disappointed to report that the federal mediation efforts between SAG and AMPTP failed in the early morning hours of Saturday, November 22nd, when mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez ended the process.

“The mediation failed for one fundamental reason:? SAG continued unrealistically

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