As labor negotiations between Hollywood’s two main actors guilds and the town’s producers continue at a snail’s pace, actors are starting to speak out about Read the full post.
Jul 3
2008
01:14 AM ET
Will Smith and other actors sound off on a potential SAG strike
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THE ANSWER IS FOR THE PARTIES TO SUBMIT THEIR POSITIONS AND THE ISSUES LEFT TO BINDING NON-APPEALABLE ARBITRATION, WITH A DEADLINE OF 30 WORKING DAYS OF EVIDENCE, BEFORE THREE RETIRED JUDGES OF CALIFORNIA SELECTED BY STIPULATION IF POSSIBLE OR BY PICKING 3 AT RANDOM FROM THE 6 EACH SIDE SUBMITS. THE WORK CAN GO ON AND THE RESULT WOULD BE A DECISION GOOD FOR THREE YEARS. MEANWHILE THE WORK GOES ON. A strike is unnecessary and would cost billions. Working people and small vendors would be hurt the most as in the writers’ strike with over 2 billion dollars lost.
How many people must suffer over this? How many children would have to move because their parents cannot afford to stay in their homes, pay the mortgages, car payments, or even food for the pantry? HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WOULD LOSE EVERYTHING?
ENOUGH ALREADY. ARBITRATE IT AND GET IT DONE!
When you think of the strike don’t just think of name actors seeking bigger paydays and cigar smoking executives being too greedy to share the wealth. Movies and Television productions effects so many hard working men and women at all levels. The credits that run shows the hundreds of people involved in making just one movie from electricians, carpenters, makeup, camera loaders, grips, transportation sections, musicians, film cutters and on and on. Then the vendors who rent stuff to the studios including but not limited to wardrobe, trailers, trucks, cars, hotel rooms, and even homes to film in. The local hotels restaurants and waiters and waitresses, small business owners, caterers all rely on a vibrant industry. We are talking about hundreds of thousands of jobs and in total close to fifty billion dollars in spending.
So we are not talking about punishing anyone but these people who need the money to meet their expenses.
NO STRIKE PLEASE..ARBITRATE.
I hope there isn’t a strike my job depends on it. But to be fair to actors, it is not the Will Smith’s or Julia Roberts of the world who make millions the union is trying to defend. Its the average everyday Joe who although is an actor is just a working stiff. They don’t make millions and are just trying to eek out a living. The “Struggling Actor” term comes from somewhere. 80% of the SAG are just such struggling actors.
I just hope that it doesn’t come to a strike. Fans are also going to be affected. Actors wouldn’t have any work at all if it wasn’t for fans going to see the movies and watching the tv shows.
First, SAG and AFTRA should have merged decades ago. Remember, strength in numbers? What is the difference between the two unions with the convergence of media technology? NOTHING. Also, the majority of actors earn very little. When you hear about 20 million dollar actor contracts one begins to wonder what has happened to the industry. Yes, the producers are trying to cheat the actors; that’s a given. But, how can a star making multi-millions on a single film convince me they represent the interests of an actor that needs a day job to survive?
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