A memo sent Thursday to members of the Screen Actors Guild outlines the many types of work prohibited during the union’s strike
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SAG-AFTRA Members Support Striking WGA Members
No acting or singing or stunts. No interviews to promote movies or shows.
Now that the management of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has announced that the union will go on strike at midnight on Thursday, its 160,000 members have been instructed on what is allowed and what is not allowed.
In a Thursday memo signed by union president Fran Drescher and national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA members were ordered to “cease providing all services and ‘perform all work covered by TV/Theatre contracts’ once the strike has begun. .
According to the memo, this includes “main on-camera work,” such as acting, singing, dancing, performing stunts, piloting planes on camera, puppeteering and performance capture. or motion capture.
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In other words, all work on TV shows and movies comes to a halt, halting production altogether.
Prohibited off-camera work includes re-recording dialogue, voice acting, narration and stunt coordination.
Promotion of new projects, including tours, personal appearances and attendance at premieres and screenings, is also not permitted. (Even though the strike isn’t due to begin until midnight Thursday, the cast of Oppenheimer left the London premiere shortly after the press conference announcing the strike.) Interviews are also out of the picture, along with podcast appearances and social media promotion.
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Fran Drescher and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland announce SAG-AFTRA strike
Also prohibited: Awards campaigns, such as appearances at “events for your consideration,” which means newly nominated Emmy nominees can’t promote their work.
Fans who were thrilled to see their favorite stars at events like Comic-Con will also be disappointed to learn that actors cannot appear at any conventions, fan shows, or festivals to promote “any project done as part of of the TV/theater deal,” Crabtree-Ireland said at a press conference Thursday announcing the strike.
The memo also makes clear that members “must not cross SAG-AFTRA picket lines,” though exceptions are made for “unstripped work.”
Members must also “direct their agent and/or other representatives to cease conducting negotiations on their behalf with studios, broadcasters and networks for Covered Services,” according to the memo.
So what East allowed? Events such as autograph signings “or things that are not related to specific companies or projects that are produced under these agreements” will be allowed, Crabtree-Ireland said at the press conference. . He urged members who weren’t sure if something was allowed to check with management.
SAG-AFTRA members voted to strike after failed contract talks with the Alliance of Film and Television Producers (AMPTP).
“I can’t believe, quite frankly, how far apart we are on so many things,” Drescher said in a fiery speech at Thursday’s press conference. In negotiations with the AMPTP, SAG-AFTRA demanded wage and residual increases, higher caps on pension and health contributions, and regulation of the use of artificial intelligence, among others.
Hollywood executives “complain about the poverty they lose money left and right while giving hundreds of millions to their CEOs. It’s disgusting. Shame on them. They stand on the wrong side of history right now. We stand together in unprecedented unity,” Drescher said.
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In a statement Thursday, the AMPTP said, according to ABC News, “We are deeply disappointed that SAG-AFTRA has decided to withdraw from negotiations. It is the union’s choice, not ours. In doing so, it has rejected our offering of historic salary and residual increases, significantly higher caps on pension and health contributions, audition protections, shortened series option periods, a revolutionary AI proposition that protects likenesses cast numbers, and more.”
“Rather than continue to negotiate, SAG-AFTRA has put us on a path that will compound the financial hardship of thousands of people who depend on the industry for their livelihoods. There are 160,000 SAG-AFTRA members and more than 11 000 members of the Writers Guild of America.”
Drescher said in a question-and-answer session with members of the press that she was open to talks with the AMPTP again that night.
This is SAG-AFTRA’s first strike in more than 40 years. They join the Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May.
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