Comments on: Chillpak Hollywood Hour #59 http://www.chillpakhollywood.com/2008/06/30/from-the-heart-of-hollywood-59/ Talking Shop from the Rational Exuberance production offices! Dean Haglund the actor, improv comic and inventor best known as "Langly" one of the three computer-hacking geeks on "The X-Files" and their spin-off series "The Lone Gunmen" discusses all things Hollywood with independent filmmaker Phil Leirness. Every monday you can eavesdrop on the Tinseltown water cooler discussion. Brought to you by Chillpak. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:28:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Sobolov http://www.chillpakhollywood.com/2008/06/30/from-the-heart-of-hollywood-59/comment-page-1/#comment-542 David Sobolov Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:06:47 +0000 http://www.fromtheheartofhollywood.com/?p=128#comment-542 I felt like I was there with all the mentions. :) The conversation will still be current next week since the AFTRA vote comes back (I think) on the 8th. Phil.... California IS NOT a right to work state, by the way!!! If CA and NY were right to work there would be no Screen Actors Guild or AFTRA. Here's a map - http://www.nrtw.org/rtws.htm PLEASE vote no! It's just like DVD - If they give us nothing now - why do we think they'll give us increases in three years once they know we have no leverage? RE: AFTRA vs. SAG.... It isn't artist vs. artist. It's artist (SAG) vs. a few senior employees and vested broadcasters who care more about protecting the institution (AFTRA) than their members. If AFTRA's contract goes forward, producers will go with the cheapie AFTRA deal (it'll become the SAG deal). ALL internet production will be non-union... networks are expected to start putting their pilots on-line first and it's gonna lose a lot of people a lot of decently paying work and residuals. In a few years they're gonna be calling all networks 'internet' services to get around our agreements. They will also know forever that SAG has no teeth. NO tells AFTRA that they can't fuck with our careers. We need something real in place so they can't just lock us out of the equation as media delivered over the internet continues to grow. Rock on, David I felt like I was there with all the mentions. :) The conversation will still be current next week since the AFTRA vote comes back (I think) on the 8th.

Phil…. California IS NOT a right to work state, by the way!!! If CA and NY were right to work there would be no Screen Actors Guild or AFTRA.
Here’s a map –
http://www.nrtw.org/rtws.htm

PLEASE vote no! It’s just like DVD – If they give us nothing now – why do we think they’ll give us increases in three years once they know we have no leverage?

RE: AFTRA vs. SAG…. It isn’t artist vs. artist. It’s artist (SAG) vs. a few senior employees and vested broadcasters who care more about protecting the institution (AFTRA) than their members.

If AFTRA’s contract goes forward, producers will go with the cheapie AFTRA deal (it’ll become the SAG deal). ALL internet production will be non-union… networks are expected to start putting their pilots on-line first and it’s gonna lose a lot of people a lot of decently paying work and residuals. In a few years they’re gonna be calling all networks ‘internet’ services to get around our agreements. They will also know forever that SAG has no teeth. NO tells AFTRA that they can’t fuck with our careers.

We need something real in place so they can’t just lock us out of the equation as media delivered over the internet continues to grow.

Rock on,
David

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