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Television Week, March 2, 2009
Summary:
The article comments on the negotiations lead by Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg with media companies in the U.S. over a new labor contract. It states that Rosenberg's paranoia about the goals of media companies in the negotiation may have been justified. It mentions that those who criticized Rosenberg for trying to hold out for a better contract than was given to the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America needs to re-examine the record.
Excerpt from Article:

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

Just ask Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg, who has been the leading hard-liner in the actors' negotiations with media companies over a new labor contract.

Mr. Rosenberg was pilloried for his antagonistic approach to talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and moderates at SAG eventually pushed Mr. Rosenberg aside, in the hope that a less bellicose approach would bring an agreement with studios that would avert a strike.

Guess what? Mr. Rosenberg's paranoia about the media companies' goals in the negotiation may have been justified. Everyone (including TelevisionWeek) who criticized Mr. Rosenberg for trying to hold out for a better contract than was given to the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America needs to re-examine the record.

More importantly, the media companies need to reverse their recent detour into unproductive negotiating tactics and come to the table to reach a deal with SAG.

Conventional wisdom held that Mr. Rosenberg and his chief negotiator, Doug Allen, were doing SAG more harm than good as they fought the media companies for a better deal on new-media rights than the other unions secured. That led to Mr. Allen's ouster and replacement by more moderate SAG leaders.…

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