Re: RAT Union update?

[jonoh1@juno.com]

   The sun has set on Phase Two of nonunion to union membership. Phase
Two was the plan that allowed nonunion actors to join SAG after having
completed 80 hours of volunteer work on strike related actions. (Phase
One is joining the union by being hired onto a commercial shoot and then
not crossing the picket line, or crossing it and then walking off the
shoot. That's still in effect.) SAG didn't want to make any promises it
couldn't keep so it decided to close out Phase Two for now to help
guarantee union membership for those nonunion actors who are currently
signed up. Over 700 at last count.
   In solidarity,
   Jonathan

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 15:59:31 +0800 Matthew Bretz <mabretz@cbomedia.com>
writes:
>the producers should have signed the "SAG interim agreement."  get the 
>name of
>the company and call your local SAG office.  they will refer you to 
>the strike
>headquarters.  they will be able to tell you if the company in 
>question has
>signed it.  if not, please ask her not to work.  she also might be 
>kept out of
>the union in the future.  if either of you want to join.  call strike
>headquarters and volunteer some time for the strike.  SAG has agreed 
>to make
>volunteering for the strike a qualifier for union membership.  they 
>will know
>the details at the strike headquarters.
>
>NashGay@aol.com wrote:
>
>> My roomate went on a commercial audition... long story short, 
>neither of us
>> are union.  I don't want her to get in trouble.  What kind of 
>agreement
>> should prod companies have with the union to shoot commericals 
>during the
>> strike.  Also, any other updates would be useful...
>> -r
>

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