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Hollywood actors guild to seek strike (AP)
news.yahoo.com - 11/22/2008
Hollywood actors guild to seek strike (AP)
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AP - The Screen Actors Guild says contract talks with Hollywood studios has failed despite the help of a federal mediator and it will now ask its members to authorize a strike.
msnbc.msn.com - 11/22/2008
Hollywood actors guild to seek strike
— msnbc.msn.com — The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to authorize a strike after its... first contract talks in four months with Hollywood studios failed despite the help of a federal mediator. Hollywood actors guild to seek strike

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Screen Actors Guild Takes Step Closer to Strike Vote - Today's News: Our Take
tvguide.com - 11/23/2008
Screen Actors Guild Takes Step Closer to Strike Vote - Today's News: Our Take
— tvguide.com — The Screen Actors Guild announced Saturday it plans to seek support from members to pursue a strike... vote, after talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed again. In a statement, the union said it "will now launch a ... Screen Actors Guild Takes Step Closer to Strike Vote - ...

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latimes.com - 11/23/2008
Screen Actors Guild contract impasse could lead to strike - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — Although a last-minute breakthrough is still possible, the actors and the studios now look to be inching... closer to a costly showdown that would have seemed remote only a month ago. Despite a rapidly deteriorating economy and the widespread ... Screen Actors Guild contract impasse could lead to ...

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Evil Beet Gossip — ... After a federal mediator has failed to produce harmony, peace and choruses of Kumbaya between The Screen Actors Guild and The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, SAG is asking its members to authorize a strike.  A seventy-five percent vote is required to make the strike a reality.  Speaking of reality, I hope you are all prepared for three hour episodes of The Biggest Loser and bad game shows and PBS because there is going to be nothing on television.  Why do these strikes always happen in the dead of winter (here) when there is nothing to ...

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