SAG-AFTRA’s Los Angeles Board Votes To Reject Ratification Of New Film & TV Contract
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deadline.comDavid Robb Labor EditorThe board of directors SAG-AFTRA’s Los Angeles Local voted overwhelmingly Tuesday – strictly along the guild’s fractious party lines – to oppose ratification of the union’s new film and TV contract.
The local is the union’s largest, representing just over 50% of the entire membership.Local board members voted 29-13 (69%-31%) to oppose ratification, almost exactly the reverse of the national board, which late last month voted 67.6%-32.4% to approve the contract.
Despite today’s vote, which was not unexpected, the guild’s 160,000 members are likely to ratify the new deal by a wide margin.
Rejecting the new pact against the recommendation of their leaders — a move that is virtually unheard of in Hollywood’s labor history.
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