One of the most bitter SAG-AFTRA elections in memory concludes Wednesday following strident campaigns by president Gabrielle Carteris and Matthew Modine. Both have accused the other of multiple vio…
Both have accused the other of multiple violations in the battle for the top slot at the performers union, which has 160,000 members. The fracas has been so heated that turnout may rise above the usual 20% to 30%. Results could be announced by Wednesday afternoon.
for a decade. Modine, whose credits include “Full Metal Jacket” and “Stranger Things,” has mounted an aggressive challenge through the Membership First slate.and the Directors Guild of America are all heading into what are sure to be complicated master film and TV contract negotiations early next year with the major studios, via the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The SAG-AFTRA and DGA deals expire on June 30 and the WGA deal ends on May 1.
There were also dueling threats of suits and countersuits over Carteris’ candidate statement, filed in June, in which she claimed credit for a new SAG-AFTRA deal with Netflix completed in July. Modine has been accused of violating federal labor law after it was revealed three of his campaign videos were made by the for-profit New York Film Academy.
A variety of high-profile names have come on board Modine’s slate, including Ed Asner, Jennifer Beals, Neve Campbell, Elliott Gould, Rob Schneider and Jonathan Taylor Thomas, along with incumbent national board members Diane Ladd, Martin Sheen, Esai Morales and Patricia Richardson.
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