Dear Screen Actors Guild Member:

The following statement regarding AFTRA’s effective termination of the Phase One agreement was distributed today.  Details regarding this matter will be communicated to you shortly.

Alan Rosenberg, National President, Screen Actors Guild

Doug Allen, National Executive Director, Screen Actors Guild



March 29, 2008



SAG Responds to AFTRA's Termination of Phase One Agreement


Los Angeles (March 29, 2008) - AFTRA President Roberta Reardon and AFTRA national officers, including Susan Boyd Joyce, Denny Delk, Bob Edwards, Matt Kimbrough and Shelby Scott, as well as others, upon conclusion of their national meeting, entered Screen Actors Guild's national board meeting today and reported their board's effective termination of the Phase One agreement between the two unions. The AFTRA representatives declared that they will not negotiate jointly with SAG on behalf of the TV/Theatrical Contract, including their Exhibit A.

SAG President Alan Rosenberg said, "We remain focused on negotiating the best terms for actors covered by the TV/Theatrical Contract. We spent weeks working with our fellow actors in AFTRA on joint proposals to improve the lives of all working actors. AFTRA's refusal now to bargain together with us and their last-second abandonment of the joint process is calculated, cynical and may serve the interests of their institution, but not its members."



About SAG

Screen Actors Guild is the nation's largest labor union representing working actors. Established in 1933, SAG has a rich history in the American labor movement, from standing up to studios to break long-term engagement contracts in the 1940s to fighting for artists' rights amid the digital revolution sweeping the entertainment industry in the 21st century. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG represents nearly 120,000 actors who work in film, television, industrials, commercials, video games, music videos and other new media. The Guild exists to enhance actors' working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on behalf of artists' rights. SAG is a proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO. Headquartered in Los Angeles, you can visit SAG online at www.sag.org <http://www.sag.org/> .

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