The Screen Actors Guild has voted to seek a bargaining partnership with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. The move came in response to AFTRA's actions last month, when it formed a high- level cabinet to examine joint negotiations with SAG. SAG's national board of directors voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling for the negotiations during a videoconference held in Los Angeles and New York on Sunday. 'I am very pleased with the vote and thank the Board for their leadership and foresight on this important issue. I so appreciate the Board's cooperative spirit in this discussion and throughout the day, and feel confident that our Guild is moving in the right direction,' SAG president Ken Howard said. SAG's current two-year contract, approved last April, won't expire until spring 2011, but the guild and the studios have agreed to start negotiations on the next deal early on Oct. 1. SAG is America's largest labor union representing more than 120,000 working actors. AFTRA is a national labor union representing over 70,000 performers, journalists and other artists working in the entertainment and news media. 