The Hollywood Reporter: A group of members opposed to the planned merger of SAG and AFTRA protested Friday outside the Los Angeles building that houses the headquarters for both actor guilds.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
TAnti-Merger Protestors Target SAG, AFTRA Headquarters
The Hollywood Reporter: A group of members opposed to the planned merger of SAG and AFTRA protested Friday outside the Los Angeles building that houses the headquarters for both actor guilds.
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Although I do believe it is admirable to stand up for what you believe in, this tiny resistance will probably not do much, if anything, to stop the SAG-AFTRA merger. There are many members of these two unions, and comparatively, 25 is a small amount. There seems to be little resistance coming in on other fronts from other members. It has long been known that this merger was talked about, and I don't believe members were blindsided by the announcement of it. Again, it is always worth a shot to fight for your rights and your desires, but I do not believe it will turn out to be fruitful in this scenario.
I can't help but be drawn to the sign in the picture "Merge, Real Bad 4 Actor." Kassondra makes a really good point that 25 protestors against is a pretty small number. I feel that those protestors are probably the typical SAG actors with their heads sheltered from sunshine and don't want more people in "their" union but what they fail to realize about this merger is that sag and aftra merging is going to save both unions from losing money over union battles for a movie. the real question that the union members who think that aftra, being the more accessible union, members will be able to simply join SAG. They need to ask will it be sag's standards to join the new union or aftra's? or possibly a mix.
While I agree with Sean and Kassondra that these 25 people will, unfortunately, not have much impact, I do think that their voices should be heard. I think it is absolutely reasonable for them to want to know the full terms of the merger before they have to vote on it. In leaving details such as health-benefit plan changes out of the picture until later, the unions are both doing a disservice to their members by keeping them in the dark. I wish these people would have spoken up sooner. They have had plenty of fair warning that the merger was coming, and would probably have had more of an impact if they had raised their questions sooner.
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