Cooked Crack Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Quote Thousands of Hollywood actors are heading to the picket lines after their labor union and a trade group representing the industry's leading studios failed to reach a deal on a new contract, grinding film and television production to a halt. The national board of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or SAG-AFTRA, voted unanimously Thursday morning to go on strike, the guild announced at an afternoon news conference. The picket lines will start to form Friday, marking the first time film and television performers have staged a work stoppage since 1980, when former SAG president Ronald Reagan was campaigning for the White House and the top-rated series on U.S. television was "Dallas." "What's happening to us is happening across all fields of labor, when employers make Wall Street and greed their priority and they forget about the essential contributors that make the machine run," said SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, who is best known for her starring role on the sitcom "The Nanny." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/hollywood-actors-sag-strike-action-contract-negotiations-fail-aftra-rcna92038 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Evil Genius Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 They've been getting screwed over royalties (especially from streamers), can't blame them for wanting to see the real data. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 The WGA has been screwed worse than any other group. Imagine watching a show on TV that you created and having to have a second job? Ridiculous. The actors have legitimate beef as well. I’m glad they are striking at the same time. The CEO wage gap is just as prevalent in Hollywood as it is everywhere else. 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 I support everyone’s right to advocate for their own financial wellbeing. 3 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Making it worse is the new thing where an entire season of a show or an entire movie is shot and then the studio kills it as a tax write off. Or shows it for a few months and kills it so they don't have to pay royalties. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 It's not like there's a dearth of media that we can't watch while writers actors strike for their financial well-being. Labor organizations are indeed watching the strike. We need more people in unions to break down corporations labor abuse of the people who work for them. Labor and creative endeavors deserve well paid remuneration and benefits. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 I support any course of action that reduces the chances of any future darker and grittier Batman movies. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 26 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: I support everyone’s right to advocate for their own financial wellbeing. I’m in total support of people that have little or nothing getting more. Nothing in this world works without them and it feels like we (collective) are constantly coming up with reasons why it’s right for them to suffer. I’m entirely uninterested in rich people getting a little more or less rich. Seems like everytime there’s a strike like this we celebrate labor’s stunning victory, but the as time passes the rich members of the union get richer and the low paid members barely improve at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan since a Fetus Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 We’ve had record profits!!! Sorry, we cannot afford to pay you more. But, I just made a 14mil bonus thanks to you!!! Thank you and here is a keychain for your hard work. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Cooked Crack said: The Studio's proposal was to give the actors a coupon for a happy meal in exchange for using their likeness for the next 1,000 years... Edited July 13, 2023 by Califan007 The Constipated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 3 minutes ago, Califan007 The Constipated said: The Studio's proposal was to give the actors a coupon for a happy meal in exchange for using their likeness for the next 1,000 years... It’s been a long time since anyone was sacrificed to Huitzilopochtli. Just saying. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 San Diego Comic Con next week will be dull with no actors. Well, probably no panels posted by me since who will go know other than producers of a movie or tv show? The next season of programming probably not until 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Barnes and Noble stock just went up..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 The executives are jerks and represent what all rich corporations would like to do to their workers. Good for them they have been so profitable they can afford to lock their workers out for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Destino said: I’m in total support of people that have little or nothing getting more. Nothing in this world works without them and it feels like we (collective) are constantly coming up with reasons why it’s right for them to suffer. I’m entirely uninterested in rich people getting a little more or less rich. Seems like everytime there’s a strike like this we celebrate labor’s stunning victory, but the as time passes the rich members of the union get richer and the low paid members barely improve at all. Bruh. 97% of this union are people working paycheck to paycheck. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 12 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: Bruh. 97% of this union are people working paycheck to paycheck. Im not even sure you can say many of them are making enough to be “living” without another source of income. Maybe this time they’ll get the lions share of benefits from a new agreement. it just never seems to work out that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Destino said: Im not even sure you can say many of them are making enough to be “living” without another source of income. Maybe this time they’ll get the lions share of benefits from a new agreement. it just never seems to work out that way. Fair enough, but it’s not like Tom Cruise is on strike. Edited July 14, 2023 by PleaseBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabbyrwock Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 The SAG-AFTRA president is the Nanny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 I stand with Steven Seagal. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Jabbyrwock said: The SAG-AFTRA president is the Nanny? IMAGINE NEGOTIATIONS She has a weird voice is all im sayin. Edited July 14, 2023 by PleaseBlitz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabbyrwock Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 1 minute ago, PleaseBlitz said: IMAGINE NEGOTIATIONS 3 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said: I stand with Steven Seagal. Just don't run with him 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said: IMAGINE NEGOTIATIONS She has a weird voice is all im sayin. I imagine that works in her favor as people will capitulate just to get out of being in the same room with her talking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 FWIW my neighbor looks and sounds exactly like Fran Dresser. But is like a PhD in some **** (I don’t know exactly what because her voice is so jarring). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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