SAG re-decides Ken Howard as leader

HowardKen Howard has won another two-year term as leader from the Screen Stars Guild after investing yesteryear 2 yrs pushing for any merger beteween SAG and also the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists.Howard defeated a trio of relative unknowns for that presidency -- David Hillberg, Asmar Muhammad and Sharon Rubin. Official outcome was likely to be introduced by Thursday evening.Howard's running mate, secretrary-treasurer Amy Aquino, won re-election without opposition because the heads from the Unite for Strength faction.Howard won this year's election with 47% from the election over Anne-Marie Manley with 33% and Seymour Cassel with 18% while Aquino narrowly beat incumbent Connie Stevens. Unite for Strength candidates, who've stressed merger and pragmatism, have centered in recent elections within the self-styled progressives of Membership First.UFS won 10 from the 11 national board seats aside from the chair held Scott Bakula. The faction all won basically a couple of the 22 Hollywood/National Alternate seats, that have been won by Valerie Harper and Esai Morales.Unite for Strength spokesperson Ned Vaughn stated, "If you are in tune using what people need and wish, they'll support your leadership - that is what happened today. The leaders who've been spending so much time to create SAG and AFTRA together were extremely re-chosen within Hollywood and across the nation. We are likely to continue that vital work by The month of january, In my opinion we'll possess a solid arrange for it's to examine.The very first two formal conferences between reps from the AFTRA and SAG have started exercising particulars from the merger plan included in the official procedure for delivering a merger plan by next The month of january.An associate election could occur by mid-year through the 120,000 people of SAG and also the 70,000 people of AFTRA -- with 45,000 people owned by both. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com