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Freelance writer Dominic Patten is a Deadline contributor
About 25 anti-merger SAG members marched in front of the guild’s offices on Wilshire this afternoon, just more than a week before the union votes March 30 on the SAG-AFTRA tie-up. Noticably absent were the likes of Martin Sheen, Ed Harris and other celebrities who have taken to the courts to stop the vote (a judge is expected to issue an order on an injunction at some point in time). Those who did show up chanted anti-merger slogans and pounded on small drums. ”We want to raise aweness of how this will adversely effect member’s pension plans and health plans,” organizer Scott Pierce told Deadline. Merger supporters were on hand as well. “I know some are opposed to the merger, like the people here today, who we’ve seen out before, but remember people like George Clooney and Tom Hanks are very much for it,” said Gabrielle Carteris, AFTRA’s LA president and national VP. “This is a democratic process. Members know it and the judge knows it.” The rally broke up around 3 PM.
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Awwwww, you won’t have pension plans? Boo hoo…join the rest of the country!
Hippies…always wanting more…
I’m frankly blown away by how much both unions are using MY dues money to tell me to vote for the merger. I can’t believe there isn’t some ethics clause that would prohibit this. I’m genuinely considering a lawsuit. (And even if you are in favor of the merger, the fact that they can do this should bother you, too).
Genuinely considering a lawsuit, wasting more of your own union members dues? Just more money well spent by entitled SAG members, likely gained admission as a result of the talent-free 3 voucher system.
Gabrielle Carteris said,
“George Clooney and Tom Hanks are very much for it,”
Hey Gabby,
1. George Clooney and Tom Hanks don’t work for SAG negotiated minimums. They both make millions on contracts their agents negotiate. Merger doesn’t matter to Clooney and Hanks.
2. George Clooney and Tom Hanks are not rank and file union members. They are employers. Clooney and Hanks earn money as producers. Isn’t Clooney in fact an executive producer on an AFTRA covered show, “Delta Blues”??? If he is, he is helping to create split jurisdiction and split contributions problem for actors.
Those two should stay out of SAG politics, they have a blatant conflict of interest and nothing whatsoever in common with rank and file SAG members.
Actually George Clooney does work forscale on alot of the films he is involved in. He said as much on Inside The Actors’ Studio a few weeks ago.
George MIGHT pay himself scale to act in films he produces himself (through his company, Smokehouse Productions).
But it’s doubtful that George makes anything less than $5 million when he acts in anyone else’s project. He was paid $15 million for “Ocean’s Thirteen,” per IMDb.
And when he produces his own pictures, it would be weirdly altruistic & selfless if he didn’t reward himself with a large share of whatever profits his project might generate. That would ease the pain of acting for scale.
Forbes magazine pegged George’s 2010 income at $19 million. His net worth: $155 to $160 million.
George Clooney wants YOU to vote Yes for merger. That’s one of the best arguments for voting No. If George Clooney really believed that merger would give us rank-and-file actors “more bargaining strength,” he wouldn’t be telling us to vote Yes. That would threaten his profits. So he’d be keeping his mouth shut.
If they unions don’t merge, pensions will be mute as no producers will use SAG after a while. Merging is the smartest long term strategy.
Moot! MOOT!!! pensions will be MOOOOOOOT!!
Hahahahahahaha! Give me a minute to catch my breath Rik…please. That’s funny pretending you really don’t understand he’s a millionaire producer. Good stuff, buddy.
The thing I find odd is the fear of this merger, when in fact this merger vote is to merge the unions, NOT the pensions. Once the unions are merged then we can legally order detailed studies and have the necessary debates & discussions preliminary to merging the pension plans or creating a new pension plan while leaving the old ones separate and intact.
But the anti-merger operatives write and talk as if this is a vote to merge the plans. It’s not. Merging the plans would happen after this merger and only after much careful deliberation. No one is “hiding” anything or refusing to answer questions. All that comes after this merger of our unions.
I am a fully vested, working SAG AFTRA member with a family covered by my plans. I’m voting “YES” on this merger to strengthen both my unions and my pension/med plans.