Posts Tagged ‘WGA’
March 3rd, 2009
DATE: Wednesday, March 4th TIME: 7:15am LOCATION: The South Steps of the Capitol Building WARDROBE: Wear Red. Look nice. AGENDA: · 7:15am – CALL TIME! Be on the South Steps of the Capitol Building in your snazzy red outfits! There will be a table set up where you can get information, pick up a Rally [...]
Tags: AFTRA, DGA, HILL CO PARTNERS, IATSE, LOBBY DAY, RICK PERRY, SAG, TXMPA, WGA
Posted in Actors, AMPTP, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Commercials, Directors, Film Crew, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, IATSE, Indie Film, Producers, Right to Work, SAG, SAG Membership, Texas Actors, Texas film, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Tommy G. Kendrick, TXMPA, WGA | No Comments »
February 26th, 2009
For some time now I’ve wondered why SAG wasn’t getting more support from our fellow workers in the film industry as we try to come to a contract agreement with the AMPTP. If you read the various forums, most of the talk has been of the ‘just settle the contract so we can all get [...]
Tags: AFTRA, CABLE TV RESIDUALS, IATSE, Negotiations, New Media Residuals, Residuals, SAG, Strike, WGA
Posted in Actors, AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, DOUG ALLEN, IATSE, New Media, Nikki Finke, NOW MEDIA, SAG, SAG Membership, Streaming Video, Strike, Tommy G. Kendrick, WGA | No Comments »
February 6th, 2009
You probably know the names Scott Wilson and David Clennon, but even if you don’t immediately snap to their name, you’ll surely know their faces. Each of these men has a long and impressive body work as professional actors. Their comments on the importance of residual income are comments that I agree with wholeheartedly. Check [...]
Tags: AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, David Clennon, DGA, Doug Allen Fired, SAG, SAG strike, Scott Wilson, WGA
Posted in Actors, AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, Big Media, DOUG ALLEN, New Media, SAG Membership, Scott Wilson, Strike, WGA | No Comments »
December 10th, 2008
SAG Announces Plan for Strike Authorization Vote: LOS ANGELES, DECEMBER 10, 2008 — Screen Actors Guild today announced that strike authorization ballots will be mailed to paid-up SAG members on Friday January 2, 2009, and will be tabulated on Friday, January 23. A yes vote by 75% of members voting is required to pass the [...]
Tags: Actors, AFTRA, AMPTP, SAG, SAG Actors, Strike Authorization Vote, WGA
Posted in Acting, Actors, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, SAG, SAG Membership, Strike, WGA | No Comments »
December 2nd, 2008
A week or two back the WGA went public with its frustration over not receiving residuals from streaming and EST content. The WGA vented their frustration at the same time that the AMPTP was refusing to go back to the bargaining table with SAG. Here is the AMPTP response to WGA assertion that the AMPTP [...]
Tags: AMPTP, Non-payment of residuals on new media, SAG, WGA
Posted in Actors, AMPTP, New Media, NOW MEDIA, SAG, Tommy G. Kendrick, WGA | No Comments »
November 24th, 2008
Tags: AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, IATSE, Middle Class Actors, New Media, Residuals, SAG, Strike Authorization Vote, WGA
Posted in Actors, AFTRA, Deadline Hollywood Daily, Directors, Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter, Indie Film, Louisiana Film Production, New Media, New Mexico Film Production, NOW MEDIA, Residuals, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, Strike, Texas Actors, Tommy G. Kendrick, TXMPA | No Comments »
October 6th, 2008
No mainstream media outlets — People, CNN — even mentioned the WGA protest. And Barack Obama, though invited, did not attend the gala Atlanta event at Tyler Perry Studios. Here’s who did: Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett Jr, Holly Robinson Peete, Tracey Edmonds, music mogul L.A. Reid, singer [...]
Tags: House of Pain, House of Payne, Tyler Perry, WGA
Posted in Tyler Perry, WGA, Writers | 1 Comment »
July 17th, 2008
Today, SAG distributed a white paper July 15, 2008 that is “is an analysis of trends that have emerged or intensified in the media landscape since the Directors Guild of America negotiated its deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on January 17th, 2008. In sum, what was once termed “new media” [...]
Tags: AMPTP, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, DGA, SAG, SAG WHITE PAPER, Strike, WGA
Posted in Actors, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, New Media, Producers, Residuals, SAG, Strike, Tommy G. Kendrick | 1 Comment »