Even back then, Allen was the truest believer of the lot, certain that the players accounted for the league’s popularity and soaring t.v. fees, not the owners.
What’s left of the looming strike by the Screen Actors Guild? Precious little after a dramatic day in which a majority of members of the board demanded, finally, the exit of their embattled executive director, Doug Allen.
SAG's national executive director Doug Allen sent a message to his board members late Wednesday proposing that the strike authorization vote be put on hold.
After a marathon 30-hour national board meeting ended Tuesday, SAG's chief negotiator Doug Allen managed to hold onto his job, parrying attempts by guild moderates to dismiss him.
SAG's national board moved closer to ousting national executive director Doug Allen as the guild's lead negotiator during an emergency meeting Monday afternoon.