SAG's Endgame Still a Mystery

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LOS ANGELES He’s back. Juan Carlos Gonzalez, the federal mediator brought in by the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers last year before the writers strike, may soon play a similar role in the standoff between the studios and the Screen Actors Guild.

This time, SAG made the request, and lawyers for the various production companies and AMPTP members have met to consider the request — but issued no decision.

There are bigger questions hanging over the stalemate, however, such as: Do SAG’s leaders really think the mediator is going to break the logjam? The resolution the guild’s executive board passed Sunday gives the go-ahead for its bargaining panel to go to the membership for strike authorization if mediation fails.

SAG president Alan Rosenberg — who strongly opposed calling in a mediator when the possibility was raised by union board members in August, then argued against it over the weekend...

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