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Actors' Family Feud Creates More Hollywood Labor Unrest

Larger SAG, with contract set to expire, aims to torpedo smaller union's deal

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(Newser) – In the escalation of a long-simmering turf war, the largest Hollywood actors union is attempting to scuttle a deal reached by its smaller rival with studios, the Los Angeles Times reports. Though the Screen Actors Guild isn't planning to strike when its contract expires tonight, it's urging members who also belong to the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors to vote against that contract.

Big names are lined up on either side, with Jack Nicholson among those taking SAG's side and Tom Hanks among those backing AFTRA, which has moved from "live" TV—reality shows and daytime, for example—into primetime territory once nearly exclusive to SAG. Results of the AFTRA vote will be released July 8, and will allow SAG to gauge support for a strike.

In this June 25, 2008 file photo, Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg talks about current negations.
In this June 25, 2008 file photo, Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg talks about current negations.   (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas, File)
Screen Actors Guild executive director Doug Allen, left and SAG president Alan Rosenberg.
Screen Actors Guild executive director Doug Allen, left and SAG president Alan Rosenberg.   (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)
In this Nov. 9, 2007, file photo shows Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg, right, joining Writers Guild of America president Patric Verrone during a writers strike rally.
In this Nov. 9, 2007, file photo shows Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg, right, joining Writers Guild of America president Patric Verrone during a writers strike rally.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)
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