LOS ANGELES Embroiled in stalled negotiations with producers on a new TV and film deal, the Screen Actors Guild is seeking an extension of its soon-to-expire commercials contract and to jointly negotiate a new version with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the sister union it has battled for more than a year.
SAG national executive director Doug Allen made the request in a letter to Mathis Dunn, AFTRA’s chief commercials contract negotiator, on July 9, a day after the guild failed to defeat ratification of AFTRA’s new primetime television pact.
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