The national board of SAG-AFTRA will ask outside counsel to review recent allegations of alleged misconduct by the union’s leaders.
The board, in a statement passed unanimously on Sunday, also blasted the United Screen Artists Committee for making the allegations.
Variety reported exclusively on Friday that former SAG president Ed Asner and eight other SAG-AFTRA members made the accusations in a “letter of demand,” and promised to file a suit if the policies are not corrected in 45 days.
The letter of demand said that the amount of member money that’s allegedly being withheld is in the area of $1 billion.
“What appeared to be the improper handling of One Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars of monies held in trust is now approaching at least a Billion Dollars, spread out among internal accounts, as well as such entities as Sound Exchange, Afm & SAG-aftra Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund, and a...
The board, in a statement passed unanimously on Sunday, also blasted the United Screen Artists Committee for making the allegations.
Variety reported exclusively on Friday that former SAG president Ed Asner and eight other SAG-AFTRA members made the accusations in a “letter of demand,” and promised to file a suit if the policies are not corrected in 45 days.
The letter of demand said that the amount of member money that’s allegedly being withheld is in the area of $1 billion.
“What appeared to be the improper handling of One Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars of monies held in trust is now approaching at least a Billion Dollars, spread out among internal accounts, as well as such entities as Sound Exchange, Afm & SAG-aftra Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund, and a...
- 4/24/2017
- by Dave McNary
- Variety - Film News
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