Work orders are formally issued to designate productions that have not entered into the necessary agreements. [15] A few days later, on February 13, 2016, SAG-AFTRA returned and added that Telemundo had treated its employees as “second-class professionals”, as many players did not obtain basic employment guarantees that offer sag-AFTRA contracts such as fair wages, water breaks, health insurance and leftovers. At the time, Telemundo President Luis Silberwasser replied that SAG-AFTRA had requested recognition of the union as a bargaining partner for workers, instead of asking for a voice from the workers. SAG-AFTRA stated, however, that intimidation tactics had taken place within the network to deter workers from forming trade unions and that they believe that there is “no equitable coordination” when workers fear for their careers and livelihoods and live with the fear of reprisals if they are considered to be actively inclined to trade unions. SAG-AFTRA wants to ensure full protection of democracy in the workplace and the rights of performers to vote in a truly fair process. [24] According to Global Rule One, no SAG-AFTRA member is allowed to work for any manufacturer that has not entered into a basic minimum agreement with the union, which is fully in force. This rule applies worldwide. [14] Membership in SAG-AFTRA is considered a rite of passage for new actors and media professionals. She is often obtained after being hired for her first job in a studio with a collective agreement with the union. [10] SAG-AFTRA`s work is considered to be much more prestigious than union jobs.
Because of the size and influence of the union, most major media companies have a collective agreement with SAG-AFTRA through the Film and Television Producers Association. Studios that have signed a collective agreement with SAG-AFTRA are not closed businesses, but are generally required to favour union members when recruiting. On 23 September 2017, an agreement was reached to end 340 days of strike action. [19] Representation of employees who produce, report, write, host or advertise messages for KUOW radio, including web content, videos and podcasts. On 20 September 2018, SAG launched a strike against the global advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty because of certain exceptions for low-budget advertisements that BBH has added. Earlier this month, BBH withdrew its contract with SAG, which was first concluded in 1999, on contractual terms that stipulated that BBH could not hire non-union players, which it said put them at a competitive disadvantage, as many of its peer agencies were not signatories. [20] [21] [22] After about a year and a half of negotiations, SAG-AFTRA went on strike on October 21, 2016 against eleven American video game developers and publishers, including Activision, Electronic Arts, Insomniac Games, Take 2 Interactive and WB Games. The strike was the result of an attempt to negotiate since February 2015 to replace the old contract, the Interactive Media Agreement, which expired at the end of 2014. [16] This strike solved four major problems.
Transparency so that actors can better negotiate their contracts by preventing noisy stress through long recording sessions, stunt coordinators on performance capture kits and payment of leftovers based on the sale of a video game,[17] which were not traditionally used in the video game industry.