SAG-AFTRA Issues Formal Strike Guidelines: No On-Camera Singing, Dancing or Stunts
thewrap.comguild president Fran Drescher accusing the AMPTP of not negotiating in good faith on a fair deal for actors. “I am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us.
I cannot believe it, quite frankly, how far apart we are on so many things. How they plead poverty, that they’re losing money left and right when giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their CEOs.
It is disgusting. Shame on them,” she said.Read the full memo sent to SAG-AFTRA members below: To All Members of SAG-AFTRAThe National Board has declared a strike of all covered services under the Producer – SAG-AFTRA Codified Basic Agreement and SAG-AFTRA Television Agreements and their related agreements (“TV/Theatrical Contracts”) and instructs all SAG-AFTRA members to cease rendering all services and performing all work covered by the TV/Theatrical Contracts.
The strike extends to productions covered by any of the following agreements, effective at 12:01 AM Pacific Time, July 14, 2023:Members may be able to work on projects produced by non-AMPTP-related production companies under these agreements if such projects qualify for an Interim Agreement.
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