tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108759479938339169.post9222767621551734356..comments2023-09-06T02:35:01.994-07:00Comments on SutterInk: THE SAGGING CONTINUESAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06050973510165942367noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108759479938339169.post-12581706514319796332009-01-29T08:48:00.000-08:002009-01-29T08:48:00.000-08:00Read the following this morning. Sad Bad for SAG. ...Read the following this morning. Sad Bad for SAG. Rosenberg seems to have totally lost it and does not have his membership's best interests at heart. <BR/><BR/>SAG Civil War Rages On<BR/><BR/>28 January 2009 1:36 AM, PST | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news<BR/><BR/>David White, who was named interim replacement for Doug Allen as executive director of the Screen Actors Guild on Monday, has called upon union members to "turn the page on the most destructive aspects of the guild's internal politics." But SAG President Alan Rosenberg is hearing nothing of it, lashing out at the union's board of directors for its decision to fire Allen. "Many of us believe that Doug Allen was fired because he was simply too good, too strong, and too much a unionist," Rosenberg said in a message to members on Tuesday, following White's plea for reconciliation. "I have no doubt that, if our Board had demonstrated any solidarity whatsoever, Doug and our committee would have arrived at an acceptable deal some time ago. Instead, members of that Board engaged in a systematic effort to sabotage these negotiations," Rosenberg angrily went on. He predicted that if bargaining with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers resumes, the new SAG negotiating team will be offered "some 'plum' ... as a demonstration of the fact that 'reasonableness' will be rewarded while 'militancy' will be punished." As if the continuing civil war weren't disheartening enough, SAG members got additional discouraging news Tuesday when it was reported that Sunday night's Screen Actors Guild Awards show, simulcast on TBS and TNT, drew a total audience of 5.4 million, down 12 percent from last year.surrounded by carnivoreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581227026806076388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6108759479938339169.post-3503133501691426582009-01-27T21:52:00.000-08:002009-01-27T21:52:00.000-08:00Hooray! the end may be near. I will not be confide...Hooray! the end may be near. I will not be confident until Mr. Rosenberg is escorted out of the building but this is very good news. <BR/>My husband pointed out that Mr. Allen was formerly the negotiator for the National Football League. Mr. Allen must have learned his fractious tactics from representing that much smaller constituency. The Football League did not have a vast ancillary community that would be adversely affected (in bad economic times) by a strike. <BR/>I hope good sense will now rule and the 'thespnazis' are gone, gone, gone for good. <BR/>Thank you very much for the updates.<BR/>p.s. where did you find that amazing photo of the SAGman?surrounded by carnivoreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581227026806076388noreply@blogger.com