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AFTRA Counts Its Ballots Today!!
Will They Avert An Actors’ Strike??

I am – Hercules!!



Tuesday will perhaps be a pivotal day for an anxious movie and TV industry.

A union vote to be tallied today or tomorrow could determine whether Hollywood will be hobbled by another strike.

A firm called Integrity Voting Systems has been hired to count ballots cast by members of performers’ union American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), which finished voting Monday on a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).

The AFTRA/AMPTP contract is designed to replace the one that expired June 30.

If the contract is approved as expected, larger rival union Screen Actors Guild (SAG) – whose contract with the AMPTP also expired June 30 – will likely find itself more skittish about asking its membership to strike, and more anxious to accept a new contract without a labor walkout.

Stay tuned, and read all of the Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.

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Too Soon!
by Robnhud
Jul 8th, 2008
12:55:59 AM
I don't want to strike....
by TELF
Jul 8th, 2008
12:57:35 AM
deliciuoscowbell...
by TELF
Jul 8th, 2008
12:59:58 AM
Ooh, ban hammer for the pigphart...
by TELF
Jul 8th, 2008
01:01:43 AM
doesn't it seem kinda silly
by CherryValance
Jul 8th, 2008
01:09:59 AM
I voted No on this ballot
by topaz4206
Jul 8th, 2008
01:33:48 AM
deliciouscowbell
by prunkhaft
Jul 8th, 2008
02:17:40 AM
and bacci40
by prunkhaft
Jul 8th, 2008
02:18:49 AM
THERE IS NO TALK OF A STRIKE
by Average J.
Jul 8th, 2008
03:15:11 AM
Lets all band together and have a Talkbackers strike
by i kick tits
Jul 8th, 2008
04:05:25 AM
And the spam begins...
by Literarywanderer
Jul 8th, 2008
04:51:59 AM
As for the strike...
by Literarywanderer
Jul 8th, 2008
04:53:01 AM
Literary, If they're 'trying to make a buck'...
by raw_bean
Jul 8th, 2008
05:18:39 AM
CherryValance
by Steve T
Jul 8th, 2008
08:32:35 AM
Fire all union whores
by Luscious.868
Jul 8th, 2008
08:34:23 AM
raw_bean
by Steve T
Jul 8th, 2008
09:10:10 AM
"And I don't want to hear any talk about a strike...
by TheJake
Jul 8th, 2008
09:21:41 AM
Oh No, no new Til Death!
by ChrisTuckersOnlyFan
Jul 8th, 2008
09:41:48 AM
Robocop
by Dude_gimme_tabs
Jul 8th, 2008
09:41:58 AM
Not every actor is rich
by Bumpasses Dawg
Jul 8th, 2008
11:22:30 AM
I hope they strike...
by CAPTAIN_ROCKIT
Jul 8th, 2008
11:42:28 AM
Short sited
by BurntRectum
Jul 8th, 2008
12:30:58 PM
RUSSIA IS READY FOR WAR WITH USA - NO, SERIOUSLY
by alucardvsdracula
Jul 8th, 2008
01:47:41 PM
Right, those ruskies better back down.
by Diagnostic
Jul 8th, 2008
02:13:39 PM
No one gave a fuck about the Writers Strike
by magic_ninja
Jul 8th, 2008
03:15:17 PM
What's the charge?
by Project424
Jul 8th, 2008
05:33:43 PM
Results are in at 5:00 today
by drewlicious
Jul 8th, 2008
05:36:20 PM
Burn it all to the ground...
by ZombieisaDouche
Jul 8th, 2008
08:37:46 PM
deliciouscowbell
by Steve T
Jul 9th, 2008
05:38:23 AM

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