What an ignoble end to a once great union. It's been 2 years since the Screen Actors Guild changed leaders. 
So membership should�look to them for the current sad state of earnings, as shown by the just released contract�report comparing 2010 revenue to previous years.�It's no surprise to the�small screen�community that SAG's TV earnings plunged -8.2% overall in 2010 compared to 2009 since the current SAG leadership did nothing in the past two years to stop the TV studios and networks�from using any excuse to transition from SAG to AFTRA on pilots and new shows. (Incredibly SAG leaders never uttered a peep to� membership when AFTRA in 2010 dominated the broadcast development season by�seizing about 90% of the pilots.) It's also shocking that Interactive earnings dove -31% total demonstrating that SAG has been woefully�inadequate in�this expanding biz. Also disastrous was the -21% loss of revenue for background actors in both the theatrical and TV sectors.�Overall theatrical for actors went up +5.7%�(attributable mainly to recovery from the writer's strike) and overall commercial rose +12.7% (attributable to bigger paydays negotiated because of the 2000 commercial strike).�With an election coming up, SAG membership would do well to�question�current SAG leaders and ask if they allowed this to happen in order to ensure a merger with AFTRA. Here's the chart: 
Source: http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/sag-2010-report-members-read-it-weep/
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