Posted on 06/26/2017 9:50:46 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Actors strike threatened: SAG-AFTRA outraged at studios failure for fair agreement The leadership of the SAG-AFTRA actors union reported Monday that negotiations with producers so far have yielded no agreement on a new three-year contract, and it said it was asking for a strike authorization vote to strengthen its hand.
It said in a statement on the union’s website that it had been hard at work bargaining with the major studios and networks represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers about a new three-year contract covering motion pictures, television and new media.
“We had hoped to be sharing the good news that we had reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP but, unfortunately, their unwillingness to come to a fair and equitable agreement means we are coming to you with very different news,” according to the statement.
“We have presented reasonable proposals to address the critical concerns facing our members and that are integral to making a living in this industry. The AMPTP has responded with outrageous rollbacks that cut to the core of our basic terms and conditions.”
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Actors strike threatened: SAG-AFTRA outraged at studios failure for fair agreement
So what!
In before the Team America pictures.
Nothing holds back progress like a union mentality.
One of the driving reasons TV is so bad today and is hemorrhaging viewers and spawning cord cutters is the writer’s strike in the ‘90’s. During that strike we got “reality” TV, supposedly unscripted. It was horrible. But the Writer’s Guild “won” thus keeping prices so high and benefits and restrictions so outrageous that whole genres died. No more variety shows, for example. Too expensive.
The production costs are so high that film makers can’t afford to take a chance. That’s why we get only remakes and sequels; too afraid to risk the money on a potential failure. Thus, they are more or less guaranteed to fail.
Well, more power to the actors. Ironically, the more successful they are in their negotiations, the less work there will be.
Yeah, Fight for Fifteen!
I was just think that F.A.G. is a more accurate name for them.
“” facing our members and that are integral to making a living in this industry.”
That jumped out at me too.
I learned early on that if I wasn’t earning enough at a job———I FOUND ANOTHER JOB.
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Pay them $15 and hour.
After all, THAT is what they define as a ‘Living Wage’....................
Box office in the tank. Conservatives standing up to the culture bullies who shouted us down in the past. The invader ban reinstated. Now the Merchants of Garbage throwing feces at each other ...
Sunrise in America.
And...?
Ping.
Boo hoo! Waah! Waah! Big deal!
I could not possibly care less.
Good idea. Nothing being filmed is worthwhile.
Be my guest. Strike. It will not affect me.
Following the 2007-2008 Writers Guild strike I ensured the entertainment industry would never again impact me with their extortion.
With streaming video I view what I want when I want. Me TV and H&I TV channels provide quality Over The Air older programming not affected by this type of strike. And my television works equally well as a playing device for my massive DVD library.
So by all means, strike. I don't care. And when you are starving, there are always those lucrative $15/hour burger flipping jobs. Oh, wait. Those are being automated out of existence. Too late, so sad, too bad, oh well. That's what happens when the price of labor exceeds its value.
Guess maybe all you unemployed "actors" could switch to the sanitation business. At least you'll be honestly hauling garbage instead of creating it.
That is the “Film Actors Guild”.
So what, are people going back to actually reading comic books again? The horror!
Hey, if they need a fat, bald, old guy for a movie or TV role, I’m more than willing to cross the Nespresso line and work for scale.
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