SAG Members Sign Web Solidarity Statement

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And out come the big guns.

SAG said Friday that Alec Baldwin, George Clooney, Sally Field and Tom Hanks have signed an online statement of support for ratification of the tentative TV-theatrical contract. Ballots have been in members’ hands since May 19 and are due back to the guild by June 9.

Baldwin, Clooney, Field and Hanks became lightning rods last year during the contract debate when they publicly declined to support a strike authorization vote. Their latest foray into guild politics caps two weeks of e-mails, videos and statements put out by those for and  against ratification of the latest agreement.

Ed Harris, Elliott Gould and Martin Sheen have also vehemently aired their reasons for voting against the deal in videos this week.

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