Comments on: SAG Gives Pre-Strike Help To Indie Prods http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:29:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Muronao http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/#comment-40888 Muronao Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:22:47 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/#comment-40888 A week? You kidding? We've already been there a million times, plus, "they're strike happy, they want to go on strike, someone needs to tell them strikes are a last resort, old school hippy activists," oh the hits just keep a-comin'. A week? You kidding? We’ve already been there a million times, plus, “they’re strike happy, they want to go on strike, someone needs to tell them strikes are a last resort, old school hippy activists,” oh the hits just keep a-comin’.

]]> By: Writer/Director http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/#comment-40711 Writer/Director Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:38:58 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/#comment-40711 Tom wrote in regards to the SAG leadership, "The phrase “covert personal agendas” would not come close to being an exaggeration." Wow, deja vu all over again... like the quip goes. Only two months ago we heard busy little bees spreading the mantra about the WGA leadership. Give it a week, and SAG's leadership will be labeled "organizers." Tom wrote in regards to the SAG leadership, “The phrase “covert personal agendas” would not come close to being an exaggeration.”

Wow, deja vu all over again… like the quip goes.

Only two months ago we heard busy little bees spreading the mantra about the WGA leadership.

Give it a week, and SAG’s leadership will be labeled “organizers.”

]]> By: Tom http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/#comment-40533 Tom Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:12:29 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/#comment-40533 Being "newtotheactinglife" you may not be familiar with the histories of those who are currently "leading" the SAG. The phrase "covert personal agendas" would not come close to being an exaggeration. Being “newtotheactinglife” you may not be familiar with the histories of those who are currently “leading” the SAG. The phrase “covert personal agendas” would not come close to being an exaggeration.

]]> By: new to the acting life http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/#comment-40357 new to the acting life Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:53:08 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/#comment-40357 I, too, hope a sensible and fair deal is achieved before a strike is necessary, but SAG members squabbling between themselves will not encourage the AMPTP to offer a fair deal, especially not in early talks. For every crack in solidarity, the AMPTP will lower the offer in their minds. Or at least I would if I were an entity wanting to keep as much of the pie as I can. I can't understand why there are those who don't see the wages meetings as necessary. It's a chance to tell the leadership what you deem acceptable, what you will live with instead of going to strike, and what you will strike for. Even if you want to say, I'll take any deal but I won't strike... say that in the meetings, not in the public forum where you guarantee the AMPTP testing the waters with the worst deal they think they can float. I don't think you can go by what people were thinking when they voted the leadership in or even what they were thinking a month ago. The landscape has changed. Everybody has been hurting. It was what the writers had to consider when they voted -- would staying out and suffering more give them a better deal or a deal worth the suffering. That's what SAG leadership has to know, today, what actors are willing to fight for and what actors are willing to settle for, today, under the landscape we have now. And it should be done in solidarity, like for the most part it was done with writers, where those who objected did so in private, while maintaining solidarity in public. I, too, hope a sensible and fair deal is achieved before a strike is necessary, but SAG members squabbling between themselves will not encourage the AMPTP to offer a fair deal, especially not in early talks. For every crack in solidarity, the AMPTP will lower the offer in their minds. Or at least I would if I were an entity wanting to keep as much of the pie as I can.

I can’t understand why there are those who don’t see the wages meetings as necessary. It’s a chance to tell the leadership what you deem acceptable, what you will live with instead of going to strike, and what you will strike for. Even if you want to say, I’ll take any deal but I won’t strike… say that in the meetings, not in the public forum where you guarantee the AMPTP testing the waters with the worst deal they think they can float.

I don’t think you can go by what people were thinking when they voted the leadership in or even what they were thinking a month ago. The landscape has changed. Everybody has been hurting. It was what the writers had to consider when they voted — would staying out and suffering more give them a better deal or a deal worth the suffering. That’s what SAG leadership has to know, today, what actors are willing to fight for and what actors are willing to settle for, today, under the landscape we have now.

And it should be done in solidarity, like for the most part it was done with writers, where those who objected did so in private, while maintaining solidarity in public.

]]> By: Furious D http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/#comment-40337 Furious D Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:47:07 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/#comment-40337 I think it's a smart move on the part of SAG to make nice with the independents, who are in danger of being screwed by completion bond companies, while maintaining a strong hand for any interim agreement that may be required by a strike. It's a nice counterpoint to the public squabbling between SAG members which is like blood in the water to the AMPTP. I just hope a sensible, and fair deal is achieved before a strike becomes necessary. I think it’s a smart move on the part of SAG to make nice with the independents, who are in danger of being screwed by completion bond companies, while maintaining a strong hand for any interim agreement that may be required by a strike.

It’s a nice counterpoint to the public squabbling between SAG members which is like blood in the water to the AMPTP.

I just hope a sensible, and fair deal is achieved before a strike becomes necessary.

]]> By: Richard http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/#comment-40329 Richard Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:45:20 +0000 http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/sag-to-give-guaranteed-completion-contracts-to-indie-prods/#comment-40329 Does a Guaranteed Completion Contract mean that even if a strike is declared, actors will continue working on that production until it finishes? And, if so, will it satisfy a bonding company? Does a Guaranteed Completion Contract mean that even if a strike is declared, actors will continue working on that production until it finishes? And, if so, will it satisfy a bonding company?

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