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AFL-CIO Arranges Joint AFTRA-SAG Bargaining On Commercials Contract

Geez, looks like the family counseling between these two guilds worked. The specifics of the proposed agreement, which was facilitated by representatives of the AFL-CIO, will remain confidential until acted upon by the SAG National Board in a few weeks. There's also a confidential report on the findings of the Booz Allen Hamilton Commercials Study that was jointly commissioned and funded by AFTRA, SAG, and the advertising industry's ANA/AAAA Joint Policy Committee on Broadcast Talent Union Relations (JPC). AFTRA and SAG are jointly conducting educational meetings for union members in various cities during October to outline the study's findings in
preparation for upcoming Wages and Working Conditions meetings. 

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  1. “Family counseling?”
    “FAMILY COUNSELING?”
    Nikki - Membership First just lost their majority in the SAG National Boardroom on this very issue. Doug Allen and Alan Rosenberg are at last waking up to the fact that the war they began against AFTRA two years ago - against the advice of the New York and the Regional Boards - is precisely what has thrown them out of power. “Family counseling” may soften the blow of having lost the house, the car, and the kids, but it is pure political survival at work here, not “family counseling.”

    Comment by Tom Ligon — October 6, 2008 @ 6:24 am

  2. Hahaha…. “against the advice of the New York and Regional Boards”…. you mean those people who get about 35% of the work? And in the case of the Regional Board, what, maybe 5% of the work?

    Of course NY and the Branches don’t care if our contracts are crappy. Most of the Regional production is non-union, and in NY, if the average actor gets one line on CSI:NY every two years so they can keep their ‘dream’ alive why would they care how badly they’re paid?

    It’s L.A. that’s the heart of the industry, where the largest number of us actually try to make a living at this. With the low-ball contracts AFTRA shoves down our throats we can’t get ahead, or easily qualify for health and pension. But you guys who don’t have to live off your income from acting just take what you’re handed without a fight. The studios are making a freakin’ fortune in this business despite the bad economy. Why shouldn’t we get our fair share of the pie? And why should we get next to nothing for online use of our work?

    Comment by SAG West Please — October 6, 2008 @ 11:28 pm

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