BREAKING: SAG Anti-Merger People File Suit Against Screen Stars Guild

BREAKING… EXCLUSIVE: (Get more information at .pdf of suit) Numerous Screen Stars Guild people filed a suit today asking a legal court for any preliminary and permanent injunction to prevent SAG from with a election around the suggested SAG-AFTRA merger.The suit claims the SAG Board has breached its fiduciary responsibilities to do an actuarial impact study detailing the results from the suggested merger on SAG membership pension and health advantages. The complaint was filedin U.S. District Court, Central District of California. The people filing suit are: Martin Sheen, Edward Asner, Erectile dysfunction Harris, Valerie Harper, Clancy Brown, James Remar, George Coe, Diane Ladd, Lainie Kazan, Nichelle Nichols, Renee Aubry, Jane Austin, Erick Avari, Steve Barr, Sara Barrett, Terrance Beason, Michael Bell, Warren Berlinger, Joe Bologna, Rob Brennen, Alexandra Castro, Jude Ciccolella, Cynthia Jum Clark, David Clennon, Joe DAngerio, Patricia DArbanville, Dick Gautier, Dorothy Goulah, Marty Gray, Sumi Haru, Angel Harper, Tulsi Hoffman, David Huddleston, Anne-Marie Manley, David Jolliffe, Kerrie Keane, Peter Kwong, Kurt Lott, Barbara Luna, Eric Lutes, Stephen Mach, Michael McConnohie, Peter Antico, Susan McNabb, Phyllis Timbes, Marguerite Moreau, Traci Murray, Nicole Mandich, Ray Newman, Barbara Niven, Kathleen Nolan, Jack Ong, Peggy Lane ORourke, Leslie Parrish, Scott Pierce, Robin Riker, Stephanie Rose, Alan Rosenberg, Alan Ruck, Wendy Schaal, Tascha Schaal, Nancy Sinatra, Cynthia Steele, Renee Taylor, Malachi Throne, Beverly Todd, Jessica Wright, Momo Yashimo. They're suing theScreen Stars Guild,SAG Executive Director David Whitened,SAG Leader Ken Howard, Amy Aquino,Ned Vaughn,Mike Hodge,David Hartley-Margolin yet others. We've spent almost two several weeks settling with SAG in order to encourage them to present the reality in regards to this merger plan. Member are titled to full disclosure, not half facts and misleading and unsupported promisesthe litigants’ attorneyDavid B. Casselman from the La lawyer Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Esensten, LLP stated inside a statement today. They've done nothing of substance to aid their claims the suggested merger will safeguard SAG member benefits. The typical SAG member makes under $10,000 each year. They have to realize that all necessary research ended to safeguard them.” MORE Since Sept. 15, 1981, the SAG Metabolic rate has recognized that research associated with a SAG-AFTRA merger plan could be essential to fulfill the needs of law and also the protection of qualified people against losing benefits, presently or later on (Appendix 1). The SAG board chosen on Jan. 28, 2012 to approve the suggested merger plan and also to submit it to some election from the membership. On Jan. 29, 2012, the presidents of SAG and AFTRA introduced on national television in the SAG Honours the historic step of merger was going to be recognized. We feel the accused chose to make this announcement to be able to completely saturate the media with professional-merger propaganda, staying away from any balancing information which may allow SAG people to smartly assess the issues just before voting, states Casselman. If the naive membership grants this merger, therefore we all learn that it'll have crippling, unwanted effects, it will likely be past too far for almost anything to be achieved to come back SAG or its current pension and health plans to their current status, states Casselman.