Posted on 04/12/2018 11:00:43 AM PDT by EdnaMode
SAG-AFTRA has called for a ban on auditions in hotel rooms and residences, where many reported incidents of sexual harassment and assault have occurred. “We are committed to addressing the scenario that has allowed predators to exploit performers behind closed doors under the guise of a professional meeting,” SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris said in announcing the movie today.
The ban on such meetings – called Guideline No. 1 – is the first expansion of the Code of Conduct the union released in February as part of its Four Pillars of Change initiative to confront sexual harassment in the workplace.
The new guideline calls on producers and other decision-makers “to refrain from holding professional meetings in hotel rooms and private residences,” and urges members and their representatives “not to agree to professional meetings in these high-risk locations.” The guild said that “in the rare event that there is no reasonable alternative to having the meeting in such a location, Guideline No. 1 establishes the concept of a ‘Support Peer’ to accompany the member during the meeting.”
The guild said this new rule “is equally applicable to SAG-AFTRA members when acting in the capacity of a producer or decision-maker with influence or control over decisions that can impact another’s career. All professionals, including SAG-AFTRA members, are expected to refrain from engaging in harassing conduct and support efforts to eliminate this scourge from the workplace.”
Nice closing of the barn door, there, geniuses..
Ya mean they JUST NOW figured this stuff out?
If they do, maybe we’ll start seeing people in films who actually CAN act and actually DO have talent. :)
That’s ok. I can chase them around my office desk just as well as in a hotel room.
Better late than never, I suppose.
Look at Matt Lauer’s office/rape room at the Today Show.
Makes so damn much common sense, why did they not
do it 90 years ago?
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