Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild on Wednesday accused the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers of offering a union contract worth tens of millions of dollars less than the one it signed with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. "It's obvious that they are trying to get us to bargain up to a deal they already know is unacceptable," SAG executive director Doug Allen told the Associated Press. The AMPTP declined to comment on Allen's accusation. AFTRA issued a statement saying, "SAG hasn't won any increases for its members -- perhaps because it's been too busy trying to undermine the AFTRA deal to be able to negotiate one of its own." AFTRA also condemned SAG's strategy of urging co-members of both unions to reject ratification of the AFTRA agreement in the hope that doing so would increase SAG's leverage at the bargaining table. "The great majority of the current dramatic TV schedule is made up of SAG shows," AFTRA said. "That is the source of SAG's bargaining leverage and will not change just because the AFTRA deal is ratified."
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