The following came by way of email.  I thought you might be interest in viewing it! That is the Question —————- Ned Vaughn is interviewed about the merger on this video. Going through it, and observing Ned’s eye movements and hand gestures, you know he is lying through his teeth. A lot of horse manure [...]

  AFTRA 2   SAG    5:00 AM PDT 3/28/2013 by Jonathan Handel   One union is more harmonious than two, but major, concrete accomplishments have not yet materialized. Ben Affleck, Seth MacFarlane, Oprah Winfrey – in Hollywood, hyphenates are king. But has Hollywood’s hyphenated actors union been more successful than its two independent predecessors? [...]

The discussion of benefit plans may be heated, since no progress has been announced eight months after merger. The Los Angeles local of SAG-AFTRA has set its first meeting for this Monday, Dec. 3. Notably, the meeting will include reports on two timely topics, the SAG and AFTRA benefits plans, and the 2013 commercials contracts [...]

Why was suit dropped? Scott Pierce one of the plaintiffs in Anti-merger suits explains why it was dropped:  “Hopefully… this letter will explain some of why we decided to drop the lawsuit. We didn’t want to, but it would have taken a lot more money to go forward. To continue the lawsuit at this time, [...]

Judge Denies Injunction Against SAG/AFTRA Vote Count Results will be announced Friday -– but the lawsuit will continue, and anti-merger activists hint at a class action lawsuit a year from now. 9:59 PM PDT 3/28/2012 by Jonathan Handel Citing a “well-established federal policy of avoiding unnecessary interference in the internal affairs of unions,” U.S. District [...]