{"id":242,"date":"2024-10-16T21:59:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T01:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thechcgriffin.news\/?p=242"},"modified":"2024-11-26T15:25:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T20:25:34","slug":"opinion-hollywood-becoming-a-union-town-is-a-good-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechcgriffin.news\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Hollywood Becoming a Union Town is a Good Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kt-svg-icons242_541741-a7 .kt-svg-item-0 .kb-svg-icon-wrap{color:var(--global-palette4, #2D3748);font-size:50px;}.wp-block-kadence-icon.kt-svg-icons242_541741-a7{justify-content:flex-end;gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-icon kt-svg-icons kt-svg-icons242_541741-a7 alignnone\"><style>.kt-svg-item-242_5f214b-20 .kb-svg-icon-wrap, .kt-svg-style-stacked.kt-svg-item-242_5f214b-20 .kb-svg-icon-wrap{font-size:25px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-single-icon kt-svg-style-default 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cy=\"12\" r=\"1\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"6ee4\">By Richard Mason<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:875\/0*D5C3BHDiHPEcsBbW\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SAG-AFTRA on Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"10d8\">The entertainment industry has had a lot of picketing in 2023 as the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) both started striking over grievances relating to modern dilemmas in showbiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"131f\">The WGA\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/tv\/news\/wga-pattern-of-demands-1235537514\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reasons for striking<\/a>&nbsp;included protections from the use of AI to do their jobs, the unsurprising demand for higher pay for writers\u2019 efforts on projects, including traditional and streaming releases, as well as further spending on benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"0c10\">On Sept. 24, the WGA came to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2023\/sep\/25\/hollywood-writers-strike-end-wga-deal-details-negotiations\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an agreement with the studios and production companies<\/a>, ending its 146-day strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"e56e\">Nonetheless, SAG-AFTRA is still on strike, keeping Hollywood from returning to business as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"7daa\">SAG-AFTRA has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6294212\/sag-aftra-actors-strike\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">similar requests<\/a>&nbsp;to their writer counterparts such as increased pay for streaming releases and protection from AI using their likenesses. The issue that is cited as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/10\/actors-guild-talks-update-sag-aftra-studios-meetings-1235568131\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the wedge issue<\/a>&nbsp;between the union and the big companies like Discovery-Warner is the revenue sharing demand. This proposal is detailed in the SAG-AFTRA\u2019s initial demand list referring to the ever-important streaming market and compensation on that front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/v2\/resize:fit:614\/1*EUPAACGOmgTCt7rXx0xZKg.png\" alt=\"An excerpt from SAG-AFTRA\u2019s proposals. The full document includes the demands and the executives\u2019 responses from July 2023. https:\/\/www.sagaftra.org\/files\/sa_documents\/SAG-AFTRA_Negotiations_Status_7_13_23.pdf\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Excerpt from SAG-AFTRA\u2019s proposals,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sagaftra.org\/files\/sa_documents\/SAG-AFTRA_Negotiations_Status_7_13_23.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the full document<\/a>&nbsp;includes the demands and the executives\u2019 responses from July 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"0c92\">Streaming cannot be stressed enough as being the biggest platform for film, television, and all video projects in the modern age. In 2021, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ae756fda-4c27-4732-89af-cb6903f2ab40\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the total investment amongst the big services for new projects exceeded 100 billion dollars.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"becf\">Streaming services aren\u2019t too open about their exact finances, so going back to 2021,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/07\/05\/streaming-services-compared-revenue-arpu-for-netflix-disney-more.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it was reported that HBO Max had 63.9 million global subscribers and Netflix had 208 million global subscribers.<\/a>&nbsp;There is a lot of money going into these platforms, but the workers behind the products aren\u2019t getting their fair share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"5c40\">The pay actors receive from streaming as set by the industry standard. With pre-streaming distribution, actors received residual pay from secondary distribution such as television syndication (re-runs) in addition to their initial pay. But with streaming distribution,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/09\/30\/why-hollywood-actors-still-on-strike-2-percent-residuals-streaming\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">actors only receive their initial pay from a project<\/a>. As a reminder, the members of SAG-AFTRA are not just lead actors. SAG membership includes dancers, background actors, and other performers who work in film and television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"c1a9\">The demands of the actors\u2019 guild have been accepted by a few productions already, allowing work to continue for those select jobs.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23800547\/sag-actors-strike-the-chosen-a24-approved-filming\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Some studios have made agreements with the guild by accepting their demands on individual projects.<\/a>&nbsp;Considering the amount of money in the industry and the progress made so far, the demands are not unfeasible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"9190\">It can\u2019t be ignored that there are people striking around the country today and their efforts matter just as much as the WGA and SAG, if not more. 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