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    Why Can't SAG and AFTRA Get Along?

    The uneasy alliance between the two actors' unions has turned into outright hostility. Plus, the unions want money from the digital future. When will that future arrive? Finally, who gets credit before the credits roll?

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    By Claude Brodesser-Akner • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read
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      Claude Brodesser-Akner

      Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Lois Spier Gray

      Professor of Labor Management Relations Emeritus, Cornell University

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      Roberta Reardon

      SAG-AFTRA

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      Justine Bateman

      writer and filmmaker

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