Posted on 07/14/2023 9:04:11 AM PDT by CodeToad
Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Codified Basic Agreement and Television Agreement
STRIKE NOTICE AND ORDER
To All Members of SAG-AFTRA
The National Board has declared a strike of all covered services under the Producer -
SAG-AFTRA Codified Basic Agreement and SAG-AFTRA Television Agreements and their
related agreements (“TV/Theatrical Contracts”) and instructs all SAG-AFTRA members to cease
rendering all services and performing all work covered by the TV/Theatrical Contracts. The
strike extends to productions covered by any of the following agreements, effective at 12:01 AM
Pacific Time, July 14, 2023:
● Producer-SAG-AFTRA Codified Basic Agreement
● SAG-AFTRA Television Agreement (includes New Media)
● SAG-AFTRA New Media Agreement for High Budget Original or Derivative Programs
● Special New Media Agreements
● Low Budget Theatrical Agreement (LBA)
● Moderate Low Budget Project Agreement (MPA)
● Ultra Low Budget Project Agreement (UPA)
Members may be able to work on projects produced by non-AMPTP-related production
companies under these agreements if such projects qualify for an Interim Agreement. A list of
projects adhered to an Interim Agreement will be posted at sagaftrastrike.org.
Except as set forth in the Notice to Members Regarding Non-Struck Work, ALL COVERED
SERVICES AND PERFORMING WORK UNDER THE TV/THEATRICAL CONTRACTS MUST
BE WITHHELD, including, but not limited to:
● Principal on camera work, such as:
○ Acting
○ Singing
○ Dancing
○ Performing stunts
○ Piloting on-camera aircraft
○ Puppeteering
○ Performance capture or motion capture work;
● Principal off camera work, such as:
○ ADR/Looping
○ TV Trailers (promos) and Theatrical Trailers
○ Voice Acting
○ Singing
○ Narration, including audio descriptive services except as the services may be
covered by another collective bargaining agreement referred in the Notice to
Members Regarding Non-Struck Work
○ Stunt coordinating and related services
● Background work
● Stand-in work
● Photo and/or body doubles
● Fittings, wardrobe tests, and makeup tests
● Rehearsals and camera tests
● Scanning
● Interviews and auditions (including via self-tape)
● Promotion of/publicity services for work under the TV/Theatrical Contracts, such as:
○ Tours
○ Personal appearances
○ Interviews
○ Conventions
○ Fan expos
○ Festivals
○ For your consideration events
○ Panels
○ Premieres/screenings
○ Award shows
○ Junkets
○ Podcast appearances
○ Social media
○ Studio showcases
● Negotiating and/or entering into and/or consenting to:
○ An agreement to perform covered services in the future
○ Any new agreement related to merchandising connected to a covered project
○ The creation and use of digital replicas, including through the reuse of prior work
● Performing on a trailer for a struck production or other ancillary content connected to a
struck production
*To ensure compliance with the rule to withhold all covered services, members who are also
employed in non-performing capacities should consult with SAG-AFTRA by emailing
SAGAFTRAstrike@sagaftra.org. To the extent prohibited under applicable law, SAG-AFTRA will
not discipline members for purely non-covered work done in other non-performing capacities.
In addition to the withholding of all covered services, the following rules shall apply for
the duration of the strike:
1. Members must not cross SAG-AFTRA picket lines, subject to the exceptions outlined in
SAG-AFTRA’s Notice Regarding Non-Struck Work.
2. Members must instruct their agent and/or other representatives to discontinue
conducting negotiations on their behalf with the studios, streamers and networks for
covered services.
3. Members must inform SAG-AFTRA of all strikebreaking activity by emailing
SAGAFTRAstrike@sagaftra.org.
4. Members are also bound by any rules or interpretations set forth in the FAQs relating to
this Strike Notice and Order. FAQs will be available shortly at
https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/member-faqs.
NOTICE TO NON-MEMBERS: Any non-member seeking future membership in
SAG-AFTRA who performs covered services for a struck company during the strike will
not be admitted into membership in SAG-AFTRA.
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland
National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator
Fran Drescher
President
IMPORTANT REMINDERS TO MEMBERS:
As always, our members are bound by Global Rule One, which states that
“No member shall render any services or make an agreement to perform services for
any employer who has not executed a basic minimum agreement with the union, which
is in full force and effect, in any jurisdiction in which there is a SAG-AFTRA national
collective bargaining agreement in place. This provision applies worldwide.”
In addition, any member that disregards this strike order shall be subject to discipline consistent
with the SAG-AFTRA Constitution and the SAG-AFTRA Membership Rules, including but not
limited to Rule 1(A), which provides,
“No member shall render any services, or make an agreement to perform services, for
any employer against whom the Union is conducting a strike, nor shall any member
otherwise violate any strike order of the Union.”
A stronghold and money laundering resource for Scientology, the sh1tty actors guild.
I think you’re going to see this strike go one forever and no one care but the producers.
70% of Americans get their media from youtube and alternative sources now.
Who cares that they are on strike.
Well, bye.
“I think you’re going to see this strike go one forever and no one care but the producers.”
So true. No one I care about gives a wit about these freaks.
All the good movies and TV shows have already been made, anyway.
Will anyone outside of the Hollywood freak show even notice?
I know that I won’t. Haven’t watched a “new” movie or tv show in years. Have better things to do with my recreational time.
How can they strike in Joe Bidens america? Its just super wonderful, socialist DEI wokeness 24/7/365...? I mean people just line up to see all their progressive woketard films lecturing us,.,,,
Oh wait
“Puppeteering”?
Now they’ve gone too far.
😂😂😂😂😂👍. Hey saggers.....🖕
I use my TV for sports and movies. I have Youtube TV for the NFL Packages
I am trying to think of the last network produced non-sports entertainment I watched regularly as it was being broadcast and I can recall the Fox summer revival of X-Files 3 or 4 years ago. Not much else.
Green Acres still playing reruns? I’m good. 👍
Puppeteering
A noble profession where many Democrat politicians get their start.
NO ONE WILL NOTICE........................
Oh the horror, first the “writers” now this. I just can’t go on. /s
I hope both strikes last 5 years minimum
Attention acting freaks: Knock yourselves out. Though I doubt many people care about your childish antics.
By the way, is Mr. Mulvaney a member of your clan?
Alec Baldwin and Matt Damon of the Film Actor’s Guild need to mediate this dispute 😆
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