Re: RAT opinion poll

[Cara <cgr9456@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>]

Hate to burst any bubbles, but I just tried this.  The opinion poll on
there was about banner ads and web site traffic.  You may want to check
before forwarding.

just fyi
Cara

>This was forwarded to me.
>Mary Ann McGivern
>
>Many of you have asked how you can help with the current actor strike,
>well
>here's a real real real easy way so I'm passing this on to you. It takes
>
>less
>than 2 minutes.
>Adweek online is conducting a poll on whether actors should get
>pay-per-play,
>flat rate, or different methods of payment for cable and broadcast. Pay
>per
>play has been the standard since the union started negotiating
>commercial
>rates. Negotiators for the Advertisers have decided that they would like
>
>to
>end this. The result? A 40-60% pay CUT for commercial actors, an
>approximate savings of 1/2 a percent for advertisers. Please take a
>moment
>to go to the following link:
>http://www.adweek.com/
>and then scroll down to the opinion poll box and vote!
>(p.s. - the correct answer is pay-per-play!)
>If you're a fellow actor this is a no-brainer; but if you're a friend or
>
>family, here's a chance to really help us in our fight for fair pay from
>
>corporate giants who's stated goal is to 'break the union'.
>Thanks for your help. We need you.


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