LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Screen Actors Guild's new interim national executive director says he is deeply committed to serving the guild in a "particularly challenging" time for actors.
"National Board of Directors by written assent today terminated the employment of Doug Allen and appointed former guild general counsel David White to replace him as interim national executive director. The board further appointed longtime guild senior adviser John T. McGuire as chief negotiator," a statement posted on the SAG Web site Monday evening said. "The board also disbanded the TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee and directed that it be replaced with a task force directed to complete these negotiations on behalf of the board of directors. All actions are effective immediately."