Martin Sheen Blasts Screen Actors Guild.

23-08-2008 16:01

Martin Sheen Blasts Screen Actors Guild....

Martin Sheen has slammed leaders of the Screen Actors Guild (Sag) for exploiting its A-list members' names to gain support for a controversial revision of its voting policy.The West Wing star hit out at a new faction of the organisation - Unite for Strength - whose leaders want to impose a stricter work requirement for union members voting on contracts.Sheen says: "If you're one of the tens of thousands of Sag members who don't work enough or earn enough as an actor, you're in danger of losing one of your fundamental rights as a union member.

"They've proudly and publicly touted their list of supporters, including the names of very high-profile actor-producers. They and their supporters have signed a petition that would end democracy in the Screen Actors Guild and create a 'class system' between the 'haves' and the 'have nots'."The actor's son, Hollywood star Charlie Sheen, is among the A-list names who have endorsed the union's proposed voting policy.