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Oct 2, 2008 12:05 am US/Central
SAG Negotiating Committee Authorizes Strike Vote
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
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First it was the writers. Now the actors are talking about walking the picket lines.
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The Screen Actors Guild negotiating committee has called for its board to support a strike authorization vote.
The committee adopted a motion Wednesday calling for the vote, saying it "is necessary to overcome the employers' intransigence."
Contract talks dealing with prime-time TV shows and movies have been at a standstill since it expired June 30 and actors have been working under the terms of the old deal.
A strike authorization vote would need the approval of 75 percent of the guild's some 120,000 members.
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