"At midnight tonight, the current contracts under which the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA have been working expire, and thus far only the latter union has approved (at least on its merits) a new deal. Is SAG set to walk? Guild president Alan Rosenberg maintains, "We have taken no steps to initiate a strike authorization vote by [our] members. Any talk about a strike or a management lockout is simply a distraction."
Come July 7, AFTRA could formally ratify their new contract — thus putting extra pressure on SAG to accept similar terms. Some SAG heavyweights, though, have been urging their sister union to dismiss the new deal, so that better terms (as relating to DVD residuals and such) could be negotiated for both parties.AFTRA's new deal, however, is based on a model hammered out in recent months by the Writers Guild and Directors Guild, raising questions about the ripple effects that could be felt were the "standardized" new-media tenets to be called into question."
— Matt Mitovich @ Tv Guide
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