SAG And AFTRA Split…Could This Mean Another Strike?

Watercooler

By Nads | Monday, March 31, 2008 | 11:45 am | 1 Comments
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This is not good, SAG and AFTRA have split. AFTRA has broken off its 27-year bargaining pact with SAG leaving each union to negotiate for themselves. What does that mean? It means the probability of an actors strike has just gotten higher. I was listening to Alan Rosenberg (President of SAG) speak this morning, and his thoughts were that AFTRA betrayed SAG and that AFTRA is going to try to undercut SAG to give studios a better deal. Meaning, the studios will want to work with AFTRA and not SAG. And guess who’s ready to negotiate immediately? AFTRA. It’s like Wal-Mart is trying to come in to the studios and steal all the business.

As an actor it’s better to work SAG because the residuals are much higher, but then again, a lot of cable television and now some network television is AFTRA (so it’s easier to work AFTRA for most actors b/c there are more AFTRA TV jobs). Either way, you’re screwed if you’re not booking anything. I hope they can all put their heads together and come to an agreement. The last thing this town needs is another strike…and the last thing we all need is another strike, I’m still waiting for my shows to come back from the WGA strike.

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Although comedy is her profession, Nadine has accomplished a lot in her young age. She is a national champion black belt, a world-class soccer player, and an avid snowboarder. She started playing soccer at the age of 4, and continued playing through college where she majored in Biology, but quickly realized her destiny was to tell jokes, not to wear a lab coat. So she decided to be funny while finishing her Bachelors Degree in biology and continued on to get her M.B.A. Nadine’s comedy style is much like her athleticism, fearless. She’s made her way up the comedy ladder very quickly, and has become a club favorite at many of the country’s top comedy clubs, including the Improv chain. Performing in the Boston Comedy Festival and being noted as the “one of the youngest and brightest up and comers” and traveling to the Middle East to entertain the troops are just a few of her notable accomplishments. These days Nadine splits time between the stage, a radio studio, her computer blogging, and a television studio. Nadine’s TV, Radio, Writing credits include: national commercials, talking head roles on E! Entertainment, Showtime’s Hot Tamales Live, The Skinny: Fat Free News, The Sunny Side of The Truth: Real World Hollywood, TVgasm, Zazreport, Daddy’s Girls, Jerseylicious, celebrity interviews on Mania TV, a weekly half-hour television show that syndicates to colleges across the country for National Lampoon and a nightly radio show on XM Satellite Radio.

One Comment

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    nerrawllehctim
    Posted March 31, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    This is bad. I can’t afford to see television get screwed up again. These unions should be trying to get “The Apprentice” off the air.

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