On SAG's To-Do List, Unity Is Job One

Backstage: "If its effects weren't so injurious, the behavior exhibited by the Screen Actors Guild over the past two years would be hilarious: former national executive director Doug Allen issuing a public letter attacking the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists just months before the two unions were supposed to jointly bargain for a new TV-film contract; president Alan Rosenberg declaring a civil war with guild foes while leading a filibuster at a national board meeting; Rosenberg's opponents within SAG firing Allen—not once but twice; Rosenberg and his allies, including 1st vice president Anne-Marie Johnson, suing the guild for the way Allen was initially fired."