Why is The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers so happy with a SAG strike looming over Hollywood. It’s not the possible estimated $23 million in lost revenue each day that would come from a strike.
No. The AMPTP is almost sure that SAG will not be able to get a vote cleared to authorize a strike. So they’ve given SAG what many thing is a final ‘deal or deal moment.’
Right now SAG is split. After the 100-day WGA strike, nobody is looking forward to prolonging the entertainment recession.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, “the guild will fail to defeat the ratification of the proposed primetime TV contract between producers and AFTRA.”
“As for defeating the proposed AFTRA deal, SAG faces an equally difficult task. The federation has about 70,000 members, about 44,000 of which are dual cardholders. About 26,000, though, are non-SAG members, and it seems unlikely that those with no loyalty to the guild would be inclined to reject a deal that their board of directors has overwhelmingly approved. To defeat the contract, SAG probably needs to persuade 80% of the joint members — a steep arithmetic challenge, to say the least.”
Of course, skipping another Hollywood strike would be good for business overall. Unfortunately, actors will not get the residuals they want from DVD and Internet sales.
