One major hurdle down, one major hurdle to go for the Screen Actors Guild: the union’s National Board on Sunday narrowly approved a two-year, tentative deal with the Hollywood studios. The SAG brass must now persuade the union’s 120,000 members to ratify the deal, and opposition is expected, according to Variety. SAG President Alan Rosenberg told the trade paper that he’ll oppose ratification because the new deal didn’t achieve residuals on some new media projects.
Undaunted, the SAG brass issued statements of hope that the proposed deal should fly with the members. Film and TV actors have been working without a contract since June of 2008. "This tentative agreement increased contributions to the SAG pension plan, increased minimums … and it tracks the new media provisions achieved by other entertainment industry unions," said chief negotiator John McGuire. "The term of the agreement puts SAG in sync with the other unions."
"We’re eager to get our members back to work," added interim National Executive Director David White.
Good to see a strike was avoided. The last was lasted 100 days and we are still suffering its affects. Just ask fans of Pushing Daiseys
Isn’t Rosenberg the former SAG president? I thought he was replaced by David White a few months back.
Johnbo, no, David White replaced Doug Allen who was the both the chief negotiator for SAG and the National Director. His job was split into two with John Maguire as chief negotiator and David White as national director. Rosenburg has been president through the entire SAG mess.
hang rosenbitch by his balls for ten months
THATS GREAT!! THE TALENT IN HOLLYwood ALREADY SUCKS. THIS WILL JUST MAKE IT WORSE.
DOES EVERYONE OUT THERE NOT REALIZE THAT UNIONS MAKE THINGS WORSE?
UNIONS IN HOLLYwood ARE THE REASON WE KEEP SEEING A REHASH OF THE SAME OLE UNTALENTED ACTORS..
PATHETIC..
THATS GREAT!! THE TALENT IN HOLLYwood ALREADY SUCKS. THIS WILL JUST MAKE IT WORSE.
DOES EVERYONE OUT THERE NOT REALIZE THAT UNIONS MAKE THINGS WORSE?
UNIONS IN HOLLYwood ARE THE REASON WE KEEP SEEING A REHASH OF THE SAME OLE UNTALENTED ACTORS..
PATHETIC..
THATS GREAT!! THE TALENT IN HOLLYwood ALREADY SUCKS. THIS WILL JUST MAKE IT WORSE.
DOES EVERYONE OUT THERE NOT REALIZE THAT UNIONS MAKE THINGS WORSE?
UNIONS IN HOLLYwood ARE THE REASON WE KEEP SEEING A REHASH OF THE SAME OLE UNTALENTED ACTORS..
PATHETIC..
THATS GREAT!! THE TALENT IN HOLLYwood ALREADY SUCKS. THIS WILL JUST MAKE IT WORSE.
DOES EVERYONE OUT THERE NOT REALIZE THAT UNIONS MAKE THINGS WORSE?
UNIONS IN HOLLYwood ARE THE REASON WE KEEP SEEING A REHASH OF THE SAME OLE UNTALENTED ACTORS..
PATHETIC..
I know no one wants another strike but could someone tell me why actors don’t deserve residuals from new media products? They get them from video sales, right? I just want to know why that particular demand is unreasonable.
RP -
Can someone tell me why actors deserve residuals at all? There is no other industry in the world gives workers residual payments. For example, if a software developer develops a new program for a company he gets his normaly salary (maybe a bonus upon release) and then the company sells his program over and over again. Meanwhile he continues to fine tune it (fix the bugs) and make new releases to keep it current…all which make his company thousands/millions (depending upon the piece of software) while he just gets paid his normal salary. Why should the actors be any different from the rest of the world?
RP, they get the same residuals as DGA and WGA so the real question should be why do the actors deserve more than the writers and directors?
There is a reason actors get paid residuals. Your story about the developer is a perfect example. He develops the software, they continue to sell it, and he continues to work for them and make his money. While an actor works only a few days (if he’s lucky) then he gets shoved out the door with NO promise of future employment. The day thousands of software developers have to drop everything in their lives at the last moment to INTERVIEW for a job SEVERAL times, and at said interview prove that they are VERY talented but don’t get the job because they are perhaps, too short, or too tall, or not pretty enough, etc etc. Or maybe they, against all odds, winning the competition against hundreds of others, happen to book a DAYS WORK. After that day is over they are out of a job. Then, perhaps, developers will deserve residuals. I am an actor. we fight SO HARD for sometimes years to book ONE DAY of work, so yes if you want to take my art, use it again, then yes, PAY ME.
There is a reason actors get paid residuals. Your story about the developer is a perfect example. He develops the software, they continue to sell it, and he continues to work for them and make his money. While an actor works only a few days (if he’s lucky) then he gets shoved out the door with NO promise of future employment. The day thousands of software developers have to drop everything in their lives at the last moment to INTERVIEW for a job SEVERAL times, and at said interview prove that they are VERY talented but don’t get the job because they are perhaps, too short, or too tall, or not pretty enough, etc etc. Or maybe they, against all odds, winning the competition against hundreds of others, happen to book a DAYS WORK. After that day is over they are out of a job. Then, perhaps, developers will deserve residuals. I am an actor. we fight SO HARD for sometimes years to book ONE DAY of work, so yes if you want to take my art, use it again, then yes, PAY ME.