A bitter battle between incumbent Gabrielle Carteris' Unite for Strength coalition and the Matthew Modine-led MembershipFirst slate roils the union.
presidential candidate Matthew Modine and members of his slate for “once again attempting to interfere in SAG-AFTRA’s democratic process and elections by threatening or supporting the threat of baseless litigation against SAG-AFTRA.”
For its part, MF and its supporters have a history of over a decade of unsuccessful lawsuits that even included SAG president Alan Rosenberg suing his own union in 2009. “[MF’s] long history of junk lawsuits against the union and its leadership is well-known,” said Carteris, and the union has “spent over a million dollars of our members’ hard-earned dues dealing with their cynical stunts.
The political is always personal, and it’s not just about the unpaid elected officials. MF is looking to fire national executive director David White and other top staff, attacking the executive's competence and the staff’s salaries and pensions. “Our staff is paid fairly,” counters Carteris.
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