Officials for the Screen Actors Guild appear to be resigned that the union will not be able to reach a new deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers before the current contract lapses on June 30. SAG president Alan Rosenberg called progress in the negotiations "elusive", citing a slowdown in the talks since AFTRA made its own separate deal due to be ratified July 7th. Although Rosenberg stated that he had not yet asked SAG members for a strike authorization vote, he did not rule out the possiblity that one would be requested, possibly as early as the next week or two.
See "SAG deal unlikely before June 30", Dave McNary, Variety, June 12, 2008