The New York SAG meeting did not go well for the heads of the Hollywood-based Screen Actors Guild. Apparently, NY SAG called for the resignations of SAG president Alan Rosenberg and executive director and chief negotiator Doug Allen. Alec Baldwin even stood up himself and suggested the LA-based negotiation team be thrown out and a new team be brought in, one that has a more serious view of the entire situation.

DHD reports:

And NY Division members sounded off against holding the Strike Authorization Vote and in favor of accepting the AMPTP’s June 30th “last” contract offer as is without further bargaining. “The sense of the meeting was that ‘the deal doesn’t look so bad’. And ‘the economy is terrible right now’. And ‘this is all SAG’s fault because the leaders didn’t merge with AFTRA’,” one attendee told me. “Because ‘New Media isn’t that important right now” and “in three years when all the unions are united we’ll be able to make up what we’ve lost’ on an assumption that IATSE, AFTRA, the DGA, WGA, and SAG ‘can all get together as one’. “

Ah, yes, the giant film union that probably has the AMPTP shaking in their boots, if creatives weren’t so unorganized and picky as to bicker amongst themselves until the cows come home and economic downturn holds just as much weight as new media rights.

And just in case NY thought they could send a message to SAG that now is NOT the best time to have 120,000 actors walk off movie sets, putting tens of thousands of people out of work, SAG has already responded…

To: SAG National Board of Directors

We received the email below earlier today from a group of SAG members regarding the upcoming strike authorization vote. Unfortunately, the vast majority of those who signed on have not attended informational meetings and have not taken the opportunity to learn the facts directly from Screen Actors Guild. Clearly, the AMPTP’s rhetoric has had the desired effect.

We encourage every actor who put their name on this letter to attend the SAG member Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, December 17 at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel at 7 p.m. We believe every SAG member should know the facts and cast an informed vote on this critical referendum.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Doug Allen

Yes, Doug. Because what the American people really want right now is to see actors and actresses they idolize complaining that they don’t get enough money.

The auto industry, meanwhile, should start brushing up on their high-school theater skills. Out of the estimated 3 million jobs connected to the failing auto industry, there has to be at least 120,000 people who can act as well as the SAG membership.