Thursday, February 25, 2010
Anybody for a Threesome?
Backstage: "The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists will hold its monthly national board meeting Feb. 27. There, a subcommittee created last month is expected to recommend whether AFTRA should re-enter joint bargaining with the Screen Actors Guild on its prime-time television contract. AFTRA broke away from joint bargaining in 2008, when Alan Rosenberg, a vocal critic of AFTRA, was president of SAG. But since then, changes in SAG's leadership have reopened the door to closer cooperation between the two unions. Ken Howard, who was elected SAG president last year on a platform that promoted the eventual merger of SAG and AFTRA, told Back Stage in January that a return to joint bargaining 'will be a huge step toward mending a lot of fences.'"
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I'm always very interested to hear about organizations around the world for the arts, in this case, The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. There is a good point made in the article, that in order to have power, you must merge with others, you must be strong in numbers. Yes, we can also see this true with Equity. If the stage managers in this business didn't have the power of the number of actors, we wouldn't have as much power or sway when issues arise. So yes, I do agree with the statement that in order to great things or make great changes, you often need a large group of people that share those beliefs.
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