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Any SAG goons in the thread with insight into the current election? We received a handful of emails and some mail with a bunch of names (the group including Dr Drew and Rob Schneider can go gently caress themselves) but it's not that clear on who/how to vote. Does anyone have a website we can look into or can private message me with the actual voting process? It's our first election (my kids are new-ish SAG members) and I don't want to screw it up.
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Zesty posted:Are you also in SAG? How old are your kids? My kids are 12 and under, so I don't even think we should vote since I'd be doing all the voting for them. Though it's tempting to vote a few times against the chud candidates. I have the ballots, and a handful of emails/mailers, I was just looking for some advice before we dug into it all. I am not in SAG.
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Aug 23, 2023 05:48
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G-Spot Run posted:Counterpoint, you're their guardian and these votes are for their representation, so you should vote for the right person to represent their interests same as you'd be responsible for other decisions on their behalf that impact them. Yeah, my kids don't really understand it but the current leadership is fighting for their professional rights and I have tried to explain to them what it means when they have been bodyscanned on a job or why there are different SAG rates. They are dues paying union members and deserve a vote for their future, I just don't love the idea of voting for them. But much like the way I book their jobs and do their taxes and handle their finances, it's part of my unpaid momager role and I think I can make an educated decision for them. I just wanted to make sure I didn't screw up their ballots before I got started, but I think I figured it out with some googling and marveling at the idea of voting for 140 convention delegates and 41 local board members.
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Aug 24, 2023 03:35
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FlamingLiberal posted:We also have no idea how much this strike is/is not affecting Netflix. I assume it's not really hurting them very much yet because they have content already banked, but at some point they will run out and not have anything to attract new subscribers with. The "kids" of Stranger Things are in their 20s now, and they plan to use de-aging technology to salvage their final season. If/when that ever actually films... There was an interesting interview with an indie finance guy, and he was both-sidesing the situation so hard. He claims distributors are shying away from interim-agreement projects and their "baggage". https://deadline.com/2023/08/chris-pine-glen-powell-anna-kendrick-movies-launch-during-strikes-challenges-agc-stuart-ford-1235531492/
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Aug 31, 2023 01:51
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Anyone else get that delightfully unhinged Facebook-esque campaign email from the "Independent" candidates? It was ~20 paragraphs of raging against Big Pharma's mystery juice and the other 19 were practically gibberish word salad. My favorite part was the link to an Adam Corolla podcast at the top of the email, like that was their introduction. And why are they sending this email today, aren't ballots due ASAP? It seems odd to dump 39 paragraphs in an email, one of those paragraphs bitching about how much it costs to access the SAG contact list, on practically the day ballots are due to be counted. Did they send one of these out a few weeks ago when folks were actually voting and I missed it? I can only imagine folks like that in a negotiation with the studios. Iger would just give them a mic, tell them to share their views, and nod and agree and get them to agree to some poo poo deal because they felt they were heard.
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Sep 7, 2023 18:44
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muscles like this! posted:https://twitter.com/slack2thefuture/status/1701110118870659085 Talk about loving up the PR of the moment - kicking out audience members on your first day back while trying to pinky promise you aren't a scab? Way to go Drew! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/drew-barrymore-show-audience-kicked-out-1235587064/
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Sep 11, 2023 19:45
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I got caught in some wicked traffic this morning driving on the 101 through Hollywood, until I spotted the helicopters and realized I was driving right under Sunset where protestors were gathering to march from Netflix to Paramount. I have no idea how big the crowd was today, but it was screwing up the Sunset, Santa Monica and Hollywood exits both ways on the 101! Now that the weather is decent, I hope to bring the kids out to picket one of these days. It would be nice for them to get a taste of the work people are putting in to make sure they are taken care of on set. Thanks to all the goons on the lines!
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Sep 14, 2023 06:29
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fart blood posted:I saw a comment on reddit (I know) saying they wonder if they’re all pausing production because they got an inside tip the writers are gonna get offered a good deal this week anyway so may as well wait for the guild to approve it. I heard the studios are on a January production schedule, which means they don't expect anything resolved before the end of the year. If the studios are making these internal decisions, I am not confident they are offering any deals in good faith.
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Sep 18, 2023 03:03
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Argyle posted:WGA message to members tonight: Even if they reach a deal, it still has to be reviewed and voted on by members, correct? Anyone know the potential time frame for that?
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Sep 22, 2023 09:45
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Argyle posted:I've heard everything from 2 weeks to "immediately" but that was months ago. Awesome! So I guess that would mean showrunners could get back to cutting their already-filmed stuff and getting everything as close to locked as possible, and then SAG can bang out their agreement and then actors would be able to ADR once the shows are locked. Hope springs eternal!
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Sep 22, 2023 21:56
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Argyle posted:I can’t even begin to process the relief I’m feeling. Very eager to see the details, but it’s a very good sign that they’re willing to let us work during the ratification process. Sorry for the ignorance, but were you staffed on a show already? Most of my friends are in post, many were locking episodes when the strike began, so they are chomping at the bit to get back in their editing rooms. My kids are in SAG, so we are eager to see the AI concessions for WGA. They've been VFX scanned a handful of times for various projects, it makes me sick to think we may have inadvertently sold their likeness for peanuts.
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Sep 25, 2023 04:12
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Argyle posted:I was on staff when the strike started — we were actually supposed to start a new season the same week that strike was called. Might you be on a show involving lots of little kids? If so, I had a kid in one of the classrooms for the past few years. I sure hope you guys got everything you asked for!
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Sep 25, 2023 06:46
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It's interesting, over the past two days there have been a few celebrities posting about their likeness being used in AI-generated online ads. One was Tom Hanks, the other Mr. Beast (the Youtube guy). Having these kinds of incidents happen during SAG negotiations has to strengthen their position, but I just worry the toothpaste is already out of the tube on this issue.
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Oct 3, 2023 21:08
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My post friends were busy back at work doing schedules for the presumed end of the strike. LOL now they have to throw all that work out the window, but at least they are getting paid. It's amazing how much time and energy in this town is spent on busywork, writing up notes on a script that will never get made or charting out schedules for projects not yet greenlit. The studios had a handful of projects in the can already, but had to shut down post-production due to the writers strike. Once the strike was over, they could get showrunners & writer/directors back in the editing rooms so that bought them some time to complete stuff already filmed. Nothing was going to start production anyway, with the Thanksgiving and 2-week Christmas/New Years vacations coming up. So it's infuriating but not surprising the studios are wasting everyones time, trying to starve the actors out. Jokes on them, actors are used to being poor and barely scraping by!
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Oct 12, 2023 16:29
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Mordiceius posted:Spring is already hosed. We're not getting anything new on TV until next fall. They're buying Canadian shows! https://deadline.com/2023/10/the-cw-picks-up-wild-cards-sight-unseen-canadian-dramas-1235571688/ Or making them in Canada! https://deadline.com/2023/10/law-order-toronto-criminal-intent-cast-1235573063/
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Oct 19, 2023 06:49
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Ok, they are meeting over the weekend. No word on how good/bad this "last final proposal" from the AMPTP is. Hanging on by a thread over here...
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Nov 4, 2023 07:21
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Well the deadline article I just read was giddy that the studios have backed off the AI demands, and settled on an 8% pay hike and a cut of streaming profits. Until I hear it from SAG, I am still skeptical. EDit: Article here https://deadline.com/2023/11/actors-strike-deal-close-ai-1235595961
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Nov 7, 2023 22:30
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Pinterest Mom posted:I don't see a cut in streaming profits in there, unless I'm misreading. "a 100% raise in performance compensation bonuses for big-budget streaming series and movies that meet certain thresholds. The guild is said to have “issues” with those benchmarks, seeing them as too high to be meaningful to many of their members." That's part of the ironing out, whatever the profit-sharing levels the studios are offering are pretty high. I guess if you take this article at face value, it's not a traditional "cut" of streaming profits across the board.
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Nov 7, 2023 22:39
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Pinterest Mom posted:Yeah, that's what the WGA got. It's not really a cut of profits in the way that SAG-AFTRA was asking for, where "when streamers make more money, actors make more money". It's actually a pretty janky mechanism designed to specifically insulate the streamers from having to share profits and can lead to weird situations like "if a *different* show or movie on the streamer is successful and drives a lot of sign-ups, people on *your* movie can get paid less". Hollywood accounting, who doesn't love it?! Now they get to fudge streaming numbers AND box office numbers! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
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Nov 7, 2023 22:44
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I'm holding out until SAG confirms
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Nov 9, 2023 02:25
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Just got word the official restart for production on Abbot Elementary is 11/29, I imagine that is in line with the majority of on-lot productions spinning back up. I'm most excited to see whatever pay increases we have to look forward to! I know my friends in post have been back to work for weeks now locking down episodes, so ADR sessions will be at a max for the next few weeks.
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Nov 9, 2023 23:17
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Today is the last day to vote, I'm sitting on ballots for my 4 kids and haven't decided if/how we will all vote. They are too young to understand this stuff to make an informed decision, and most everything I have heard/read is that it just doesn't do enough to satisfy most folks. Our family is primarily background workers, so the AI/scanning protections matter to us. Anyone have any advice or info that can inform us one way or the other?
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