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SAG rallies against AFTRA
The SAG-AFTRA hatefest has shifted into high gear, with fighting on multiple fronts over the upcoming membership vote on AFTRA's primetime deal.
The battles between the two unions came into sharp focus Monday as the guild hosted a boisterous anti-AFTRA rally at its Hollywood headquarters -- an event with echoes of the 100-day writers strike as dozens of WGA members donned their familiar red-and-black shirts and hoisted picket signs. Defenders of AFTRA blasted SAG's effort as misguided and full of lies. SAG is aiming to persuade the 44,000 thesps belonging to both unions to vote against ratification of the pact AFTRA reached with the majors last month. The tenor of the comments during the morning rally raised the specter of SAG leadership moving into strike-prep mode.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117987130.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

