Things are not looking well.
We may have another strike on our hands!!!
As the actors' agreements with the big media moguls is set to expire this summer, a very unpleasant development occurred this weekend.
Both of the main actors' unions, SAG and AFTRA, decided to sever all ties.
Each union will now negotiate separately with the studios and big media meanies.
The bad blood between both unions has boiled over and the mudslinging has begun!
"For the past year SAG leadership in Hollywood has engaged in a relentless campaign of disinformation and disparagement," AFTRA president Roberta Reardon said in a written statement.
SAG President Alan Rosenberg's written response: "AFTRA's refusal now to bargain together with us and their last-second abandonment of the joint process is calculated, cynical and may serve the interests of their institution, but not its members."
The AFTRA board said the vote to terminate the agreement, known as "Phase One," was "overwhelming."
Why can't we all just get along????
There's strength in numbers!
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents studios, said in a statement that it looks forward to bargaining with AFTRA. It did not mention SAG.
Television and the local L.A. economy can't afford another strike!!!!
译文:
演员罢工
情况看来不妙。
眼前可能将面对另一场罢工。
美国演员工会与制片商大佬们的旧合同将于今夏到期，就在这周令人不欢的事发生了。
好莱坞两大演艺人员工会组织，即美国演员工会和美国电视与广播演员联合会，近日断绝关系，突然反目。
双方将单独与制片方和电影公司进行谈判。
两大工会已闹翻了。骂战揭开序幕！
美国电视与广播演员联合会主席罗伯塔·雷尔顿发表书面声明，指责说，“在过去的一年里，好莱坞美国演员工会的高层做了许多无情无义的事情，诸如提供假信息、轻视演员联合会。”
美国演员工会主席阿兰·罗森博格在声明中说：“美国电视与广播演员联合会现在拒绝和我们一起向制片商讨价还价，以及他们在最后一秒钟突然变卦，这些行为是早有预谋的，是讽刺的，他们只考虑到其自身机构的利益，并非为其工会成员着想。”
美国电视与广播演员联合会董事会说：对于终止此次协议，即人们所说的“阶段一”，的投票结果，是“压倒性的”。
为什么我们不能好好谈，共同度过难关呢？
人多力量大啊！
美国影视制片人协会代表各大电影公司在声明中说他们期待与美国电视与广播演员联合会就相关问题进行商讨，但并未提及美国演员工会。
美国的电视业以及洛杉矶一地的经济损失怎能再经受一场罢工！！！