Screen Actors Guild strike status
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | 92 comments
This post contains news on a Screen Actors Guild strike that may take place in 2009.
UPDATE: “Citing division among its membership, the Screen Actors Guild delayed a vote that would authorize the union to call a strike and bring the entertainment business to a halt. SAG announced Monday it would delay sending out ballots until Jan. 14 at the earliest, after the union’s national board holds an emergency meeting. The union initially planned to send strike authorization ballots to more than 100,000 union members on Jan. 2, a date that would have put Oscar night within reach of a potential boycott.” Full article
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The last people a strike would help is struggling actors. The ones with good jobs can survive a strike and maybe end up with a bigger paycheck. The ones that barely have jobs as it is won’t be that lucky.
No, God, please, no! Noooooo!
#91 homemadeovenmittsworth- I was comment #63. You should know that these struggling actors that I speak of ALREADY have second jobs- sometimes even two or three to make ends meet.
#97 AMS- All actors you see on TV or in movies who speak dialogue belong to SAG. It’s a strictly enforced rule. Many extras even belong to SAG. I don’t think because we haven’t heard from everyone in The Office cast (including Jenna) necessarily means they are for the strike. Although I would guess this might be an issue that hits close to home for the cast since many of them were in exactly the position of those who are taking issue before they landed The Office. They may just be choosing to stay out of the spotlight on the issue.
I’m sure that although this is an important issue, most of the cast will have seen first hand how hard the strike was on everyone- including their beloved crew and will think twice before supporting a strike in this economy. It sucks for the actor with very legitimate arguments, but it’s probably better for the whole to wait out the three years. The timing is just bad.
Is Jenna not part of SAG or is she just not against the strike?
84. Michelle:
Pushing Daisies is done filming. There’s only about three episodes left and they are all finished. Hopefully they air sometime; I haven’t heard when they are scheduled.
Regardless, I really hope this strike doesn’t happen. I respect people for standing up for what they believe in, but Hollywood doesn’t need this sort of thing AGAIN.
What exactly will they be striking against?
I’m curious to see how Jenna will weigh in on this issue…
I’m pleased to see so many of this show’s stars come out against a strike right now. The writers strike really hurt TV ratings, and a follow-up actors strike could kill TV forever. Imagine reality shows 24/7. And I can’t comprehend how painful it would be for all of the peripheral workers and businesses who depend on Hollywood, especially since they probably haven’t recovered from the writers strike yet. Now is just not the time to do this.
#63 says the strike is “in the interests of the struggling actors whose work comes few and far between”. Perhaps these struggling actors need to choose a different occupation or, like many others who are struggling, take another job to pay the bills.
That would not be a good feeling if The Office set was divided on this issue right now.
I wonder if there’s division on The Office set right now and how that is all being played out…
Yes Sticious, it’s ugly no matter which side “wins” – either the actors strike and a second consecutive season of TV and movies gets ruined and the Hollywood/LA economy sinks even more (people forget about the little cafes and dry cleaners and transportation contractors and things like that who don’t get to work during a strike either and truly can’t recover) or the actors settle for something less than what they feel they deserve. There’s no right answer here, we just have to hope for the best :/
Good for them for sending that letter. It gives me hope.
please don’t.. ahhh :(
Thanks, DJB. That makes sense. Although not striking may cause actors in new media projects to make a little less, it seems like the lesser of 2 evils.
Well, hopefully there is no strike… not just for The Office, but for my other favorite show, Pushing Daisies, which is getting cancelled soon and needs all the episodes it can get. If they don’t get to finish up the amazing storyline, I will collapse in sadness.
Sticious, you’re right, but I live in LA and work with a couple of part-time/struggling actors, and they are against the strike too. For the reasons that #1) the economy is so bad right now and #2) Hollywood never even recovered from the Writers strike so the jobs aren’t even there for them. My friends are afraid that if SAG strikes hollywood might never really recover and they’ll never work as actors again, and for them, working for perhaps less pay/royalties than they deserve but still being able to act is better than not being able to act at all.
I could be totally wrong, but I thought this possible strike was to benefit the ‘struggling actor’ type who make up the majority of SAG’s membership. People like the cast of The Office and many of the other actors on the list don’t need the extra cash. Again, I could be wrong, so please correct me. I’m not saying I’m for the strike, as this is probably the worst timing ever.
Isn’t the strike doomed? The studios are signing more deals with AFTRA the other actors’ union in LA and having two unions reduces SAG’s leverage. I’m not saying SAG is wrong, it is just that their tactics seem a bit counterproductive.
I wonder what the others think. And they spelled Steve’s name wrong! But this is quite a list of names. I agree with the letter–now is not a good time for a strike.