#sag-aftra solidarity

[fans4wga]

Hollywood Stars Donate $1 Million Each To SAG-AFTRA Foundation To Aid Fellow Performers During Dual Strikes

$1 million donors: George & Amal Clooney, Luciana & Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Hugh Jackman & Deborra-lee Furness, Dwayne Johnson, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck, Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively, Julia Roberts, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Meryl Streep, and Oprah Winfrey.

“The entertainment industry is in crisis and the SAG-AFTRA Foundation is currently processing more than 30 times our usual number of applications for emergency aid,” said SAG-AFTRA Foundation president Courtney B. Vance.

“We received 400 applications in the last week alone. Our Emergency Financial Assistance Program is here to ensure that performers in need don’t lose their homes, have the ability to pay for utilities, buy food for their families, purchase life-saving prescriptions, cover medical bills and more. It’s a massive challenge, but we’re determined to meet this moment. For more than 38 years, the Foundation has been a safety net for our community during its most challenging times, and much like the Covid pandemic, this work stoppage magnifies the precarious living conditions and financial distress of many actors living paycheck to paycheck.”

#sag-aftra strike #sag strike #actors strike #union solidarity #sag-aftra solidarity

[enchi-elm]

Good morning, everyone, I slept in ‘til 7 am for the first time in a week and woke up to hear SAG-AFTRA is now officially on strike so my skin is clear, my crops are watered, and the tigers are OUT

#wga strike #sag-aftra strike #wga solidarity #sag-aftra solidarity

[hazelmaines]

WGA Strike Captain Gal meets SAG Himbo Hal on the picket line 🥰 Written in support of @fandomstrikesback (looking for ways to help people affected by the strikes? Consider donating to Green Envelope, which provides direct relief to people who need groceries!)

If the show had better writing, Galadriel would be less insulted. But no. Hell is just an overdone take on the devil, stuck on earth, wreaking havoc and making panties drop while trying to repent from his evil ways. It's silly. It's fluff. And Galadriel knows the real reason they keep winning the ratings game. It's that himbo over there in a tropical shirt and cargo shorts.

Stupid, sexy Satan.

Read on AO3

#haladriel #my fic #otp: bind yourself to me #galadriel x halbrand #halbrand x galadriel #haladriel modern au #fandom strikes back #fandom goes on strike #picket line meet cute #stupid sexy sauron!!!!! #kinda #wga solidarity #sag-aftra solidarity

[allthinky]

Yay but Sad

I know I'm not the first one to say it, but the fact that SAG-AFTRA is still on strike and we can't have all of these OFMD crew on social media telling us interesting tidbits and catching the love directly is ... not optimal. It's not the best reason for the studios/services to give in to their demands, but it's a pretty good one.

Please move! Please?

#OFMD #OFMD season 2 #SAG-AFTRA solidarity

[euphorial-docx]

during the wga/sag-aftra strike, we may see:

film in other countries continuing as usual, but those actors/writers are NOT crossing picket lines! other countries unions often have rules where they can’t strike in solidarity with american unions.

new indie movies separate from hollywood studios. indie movies can continue as usual too, and may even use union actors if they follow certain guidelines and/or get permission from the union.

awards shows, although they might look different and may be postponed. if there are award shows during the strike, there’s a chance they will just be live conferences announcing winners with no celebrations attached.

celebrities will not be promoting their work during this time— that WOULD be crossing the picket line! yes, this includes social media. they can still post on social media, as long as it doesn’t pertain to their work.

a lot more reality tv. this happened the last time there was a writers strike, and it will certainly happen again.

actors will also not be able to campaign for awards. this awards season is going to be a strange one.

propaganda from hollywood. they are already trying to flip the narrative by claiming they can break the unions, but they can’t. the strikers have the power. stand with them for however long this takes!

#wga strike #sag aftra strike #sag aftra #wga solidarity

[thefirsthogokage]

The. Deal. Is. So. Good.

Couldn't get the link to the side-by-side of the WGA offer, the AMPTP counter offer from May, and the final deal, because it's a document to download and too many pictures to take for this post that probably wouldn't be legible, but it's in this tweet (click the link below the tweet to go to said tweet):

Don't forget,the fight isn't over for SAG-AFTRA and next year, contracts are up again for IATSE, including The Animation Guild.

If you're a fan of movies, tv, and animation, keep helping the guilds fight the good fight!

Also, please support the other unions that are out their now fighting their own fights including Amazon workers, Local 11 in LA, and Flight Attendants!

And of course, big thanks to strike hero Drew Carey for paying for probably THOUSANDS of meals for striking writers in LA these past five months.

Congratulations WGA and Pre-WGA for your amazing wins with this contract!

#wga strong #wga strike #wga strike wins 2023 #wga strike 2023 #1u #solidarity summer #hot strike summer #summer of solidarity #sag aftra #sag aftra strike #sag aftra strong

[beholdthemem]

I live within bus distance of the Universal picket line for the writer’s strike, so I like to go down there when I can to march with em in solidarity. They are all extremely cool people, and since many of them are older than me, I have been treated to a lot of free advice on Adult Life from more experienced adults. 10/10.

It’s also extremely funny to hear them talk shit about studios/executives that they’ve had to put up with, because they’re no longer required to pretend Oh, They’re All Such Lovely People, We’re So Lucky To Work For Them.

- “Dick Wolf insists on having an a personal office at every studio where his shows are worked on. He never goes to half of them, and when he does, he’s not usually there long. It’s just supposed to be left empty for him in case he MIGHT show up.”

“I took a bunch of coffee creamers from there just before we called the strike.”

“Honestly, that sounds fair?”

“I like to think of it as payment for all the extra work I had to do for free.”

- “Never work for Netflix if you can avoid it.”

“Oh my God, RIGHT? It’s a nightmare!”

“That is the most exploited I’ve ever been, and I’ve been doing this for a while so that says a LOT.”

- “Do they ever acknowledge how many laws the cops break during a single episode of any of those SVU spinoffs?”

“We’re not even allowed to use the phrase ‘Bad apples’ because it makes them uncomfortable.”

- “Humor does not exist in the Dick Wolf-verse, so we’re only allowed to include one joke per episode. Sometimes I like to play a little game where I see if I can get away with sneaking in a second.”

“Has that ever worked?”

“I think once we got in a subtle pun.”

#personal #the SAG AFTRA members have been coming down there too since even before they officially called a strike #solidarity is a beautiful thing

[amalgamasreal]

So Universal Pictures may have just intentionally over-pruned all of the city owned trees in front of their LA corporate office in an effort to fuck with the WGA/SAG-AFTRA picketers during what is predicted to be the hottest week of the year so far:

And the LA City Controller is looking into it:

Once again it looks like it's time for:

#wga #wga strike #sag aftra #sag aftra strike #wga strong #wga solidarity #universal pictures #tree law #legal stuff #la city #los angeles #fafo? boy I hope so

[fans4wga]

WHY THEY STRIKE: Sean Astin (SAG), Member of the SAG-AFTRA Negotiating Committee & Actor on Lord of the Rings

"They're paying us late. At Universal. And Warner Brothers. And Disney. And Amazon. And Hulu. And Netflix. Are you kidding me?" Sean Astin makes an impassioned speech on the SAG picket line. Today, August 13, 2023 marks 30 days since the start of their strike (July 14, 2023).

#sag-aftra strike #sag strike #actors strike #union solidarity #support unions #fans4wga #gifs #why they strike #sean astin #lord of the rings #lotr

[seanastinhopeunquenchable]

Sean Astin has been out on the picket lines daily outside Paramount, Netflix, Disney Studios, Amazon, etc, explaining the issues as he sees them.

#sean astin #sag aftra #sag aftra strong #sag aftra solidarity #union strong #wga solidarity #wga strike

[saintdollyparton]

I love @reallyndacarter so much.

#lynda carter #katy o'brian #wga strike #sag strike #sag aftra strike #sag aftra #sag solidarity #support the wga #let's go lesbians #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbtqia

[avengersnewb]

The guild’s insistence in achieving a minimum guaranteed staff level for episodic TV was considered an extreme long-shot when the contract discussions began in March.

They achieved a new-model streaming residual formula that should help fellow striking union SAG-AFTRA in its quest to achieve a revenue-based residual. The WGA’s formula amounts to a bonus system based on pre-determined, high-bar performance benchmarks for individual titles. But it’s nonetheless more than industry dealmakers predicted the guild would secure when the first round of WGA-AMPTP talks began in earnest last spring.

The nitty-gritty details of language around the use of generative AI in content production was one of the last items that the sides worked on before closing the pact.

They did it.

Solidarity works.

Unions are our only tool against capitalistic greed.

[x]

Fact: To be completely precise, the agreement is tentative and the strike will end when the members vote. The guild has allowed the writers to go back to work from Wednesday 27th 12:01. All members still need to vote for the new contract to be final but the strike is officially over. [x]

Opinion: However it’s very unlikely to be any hurdles because the same people who called for the strike are calling for it to be over.

Hence: wga strike ENDS and not ENDED.

#wga strike #wga strike end #destiel news #destiel #capitalism #union solidarity #unions #sag aftra #sag aftra strike

[buttersteps]

he came. he slayed in this little see-through black number. and then he walked out of his own premiere with the rest of the cast in support of the strike... cunty af

#i love a grey-haired 40-something twink who looks like a lesbian #cillian murphy #oppenheimer #wga strike #screen actors guild #writer’s guild of america #writers strike #sag strike #sag-aftra #wga solidarity #christopher nolan

[wilwheaton]

Last year, Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav made $246.6 million; Disney’s Bob Iger made $45.9 million; and Paramount Global CEO’s Bob Bakish made $32 million. These individuals make more money per year than almost any entertainment executive before them. Just a small portion of each major CEO’s annual salary could cover the cost of the guilds’ reasonable structural and financial demands, and yet, they say it’s not possible. How could that be? Because it’s not about the money. It’s about power and perception. Almost none of these CEOs built the companies they run. We are not negotiating with Jack Warner or Walt Disney. We’re not even negotiating with the people who enriched these companies, like producer Robert Evans at Paramount in the 1970s. These CEOs are basically people who just work there—and who have contracts that allow them very large amounts of money. And right now, they don’t want anyone to know that. They don’t want anyone to know that they don’t actually build anything. They don’t want anyone to see them capitulate and bend the knee to any degree by making a deal with the writers and actors who build the product they fund and distribute. They don’t want to reasonably negotiate with these artists, because they think it will make them look weak. They think it will make them look like chumps, make them look simply like the employees of these companies that they are.

Justine Bateman on the Destruction of the Film Business

#sag aftra #sag aftra strike #wga solidarity #union proud

[youngpettyqueen]

“Hollywood is gonna grind to a halt!! Nothing new will come out!! What then??” The shows and movies I haven’t seen already are literally countless and also I am a serial rewatcher

#wga strike #wga solidarity #sag aftra strike #sag aftra solidarity #it would take me months just to get through every Star Trek #threats of no new content do not scare me

[felixcloud6288]

I really hope the effects of the WGA and SAG strike bleeds into all sorts of entertainment industries, especially the ones that don't have any unions. I want to hear animators, music composers, voice actors, and translators all go on strike.

#wga strike #wga solidarity #sag aftra #sag strike #union solidarity #burn down these rotted circuses