Why Can't SAG and AFTRA Get Along?

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The uneasy alliance between the two actors' unions has turned into outright hostility. How did these brothers turn into Cain and Abel, and is such disorganized labor unique to Hollywood? Plus, the unions want money from the digital future, but when will that future actually arrive? Finally, who gets credit before the credits roll?

Guests:

• Lois Spier Gray: Professor of Labor Management Relations Emeritus, Cornell University
• Roberta Reardon: National President, AFTRA
• Justine Bateman: actor
• Mike McGuire: Vice President of Research, Gartner
• Casey Silver: movie producer

Links:

• Screen Actors' Guild (SAG)
• Proposed 2003 SAG-AFTRA merger, Variety on
• Dues as an issue in proposed 2003 SAG-AFTRA merger, Variety on
• Campaign heats up over proposed 2003 SAG-AFTRA merger, Variety on
• Foes speak out on 1998 SAG-AFTRA merger proposal, Variety on
• American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)

Host

Claude Brodesser-Akner

Host Claude Brodesser-Akner looks deep inside the business of entertainment in a half-hour of thoughtful and irreverent dialogue with Hollywood's top deal-makers, filmmakers, moguls, artists and agents. 

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Matt Holzman

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