Strike 2008: Actor's Edition

[Gilpesh]

Strike authorization ballots will be sent out Jan. 2. SAG could go on strike as early as the end of January.

If they do... f**k em.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

If they do... f**k em.

I agree. If they want to whine, cry, and ***** over their million dollar paychecks then give them to the lesser known actors who have talent and are looking for their break.

Only problem with this strike is that it will affect television shows and future films by setting them back.

So I hope they don't get their strike because it's stupid to begin.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

It will also put crew and design people out of jobs. They don't make millions so they will be hurt heavily.

 

[Gilpesh]

It will also put crew and design people out of jobs. They don't make millions so they will be hurt heavily.

Canada! See, that's the thing about actors... they are disposable unless they are a name... and if they are a name and want to strike, f**k em hard in the ass.


Directors/Writers/Crew/Assistants > Actors

 

[LastSunrise1981]

It will also put crew and design people out of jobs. They don't make millions so they will be hurt heavily.

Which shows just how selfish a lot of these actors are. If they strike I hope it backfires on them to the 989897979789987997th degree.

 

[biolumen]

SAG calling off strike authorization?
Rosenberg, board to hold emergency meeting

By DAVE MCNARY

Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg has called an emergency national board meeting for Friday to discuss a proposal to call off SAG's strike authorization vote.

Rosenberg made the announcement Saturday afternoon, a day after the New York reps of SAG requested that the authorization vote be terminated due to the nation's economic crisis. The Gotham leaders, who represent 25 percent of SAG's 120,000 members, have asserted that SAG needs to negotiate with the congloms and that the guild's current negotiating team should be replaced.

Rosenberg is requiring that board members attend Friday's meeting in person or designate an alternate. He has blasted the move to call off the authorization vote, asserting that getting a strike authorization is the only way to persuade the companies to sweeten their offer.

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers made its final offer on June 30 as SAG's primetime-feature contract expired.

Should the authorization vote proceed, ballots will go out Jan. 2 and results will be announced Jan. 23. Over 75 percent of those voting would have to affirm the authorization, with the national having the final say, if SAG is to go on strike.

The meeting will take place at SAG headquarters in Hollywood Friday morning at 9AM.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997359.html?categoryId=13&cs=1

Why call off the vote? Because Rosenberg doesn't think he'll like the outcome? Doesn't sound very democratic to me. Just hold the damn vote already and end this insanity.