1.   After Busch and Robb quit, The Hollywood Reporter printed an article saying that the actors union was investigating Christy.

2.   Alan Eisenberg, executive director of the Actors Equity Association, the actors union, said he, too, was troubled by the scaling down of musicals.

3.   In California, managers are prohibited both by law and the actors union from negotiating deals, but many do so.

4.   Some believe the writers guild will not rush to strike before then, preferring instead to join forces with the more powerful actors union.

5.   Some advertisers are producing commercials with the blessing of the actors unions by agreeing to pay what the unions have proposed.

6.   Thus, it may seem odd that the actors union is undergoing a sort of civil war over economic issues.

7.   Representatives of the two Hollywood actors unions held their first meeting with top studio executives to discuss labor issues, a precursor to upcoming contract negotiations.

8.   The announcement, coming the same day two actors unions resumed their contract negotiations, eases fears somewhat of a summer actors strike.

9.   The announcement, coming the same day two actors unions resumed their contract negotiations, eased fears somewhat of a summer actors strike.