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01/24/2009 14:49
Actors union loses support for
strike vote
SAG hasn't officially revoked call
for strike, but walkout chances now slim
updated
10:07 p.m.
ET,
Thurs., Jan. 22,
2009
LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild
has lost the necessary support on its board
to proceed with a strike vote after a
hardline faction within the union and the
guild's president on Thursday backed a plan
to suspend the vote.
A group of Hollywood actors, led by
guild president Alan Rosenberg, is also
recommending sending the movie studios'
final three-year contract offer directly to
its 120,000 members for a vote. The group's
statement Thursday follows months of
preparations for a strike vote that would
have given the guild the power to shut down
production of major-studio movies and
prime-time TV shows. The last contract
expired in June.
Although the guild
has not acted officially to revoke its Oct.
19 plan to call a strike vote if mediation
failed, the Hollywood group known as
Membership First was the last major bloc
still supporting that plan. Its reversal now
means chances of a walkout are extremely
slim.
Other members of the 71-member board,
including those from New York and the
regions, also oppose a strike vote.
My father
Bob Kelly is a living legend and always left a strong wake
in his path. Sometimes his frantic, manic driven personality
could be best described as affectionately acerbic. Dad's legacy will be his talent and
his kindness and the love of wig making and his make-up
company. He ran back and forth and I realized watching as
only a child does, it was as if there was a mission not a
method to his madness. It was this energy and passion that
made him successful. When going to work I had to run to keep
up with his legs. As he took my hand and skipped and sang,
we would run down West 46th and Broadway all was well and
exciting. We would pass by the Lunt Fontaine and Noel
Coward theatres he'd tell me about them and all the people
that the he made-up and put wigs on.
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November 22nd, 2007 -
Local 798 loses a leader, an artist, a
soldier who fought and won against those who
would steal from her union brothers and
sisters... and a good friend, Kelly
Gleason
