2018

This morning’s hearing in visual review!  Shhhh….

More Later!

Ol’ Arl The SAG Watchdog

*Headline photo taken at this morning’s hearing

The following from the SAG/AFTRA Website:

Sept. 25, 2018

CALL TO ACTION
Thursday, Sept. 27
@ BBH Los Angeles

We need you at the BBH L.A. office Thursday, Sept. 27. SAG-AFTRA’s greatest power is the solidarity of our members. It’s time to show our strength.

SAG-AFTRA is on strike against ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH). The agency has been signed to our Commercials Contract for almost 20 years, but they now claim our union agreement doesn’t apply to them.

Join your fellow performers as we show the industry that we’re strong and united in our commitment to fair wages, safe working conditions and the ability to build a sustainable career.

WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 27

MEET US:

@ SAG-AFTRA
10:15 a.m. 5757 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Transportation will be provided but space is limited. Reserve your seat now.

OR

@ BBH Los Angeles
11 a.m. 8360 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069

Questions? Contact Shaine Griffin at (323) 549-6802 or shaine.griffin@sagaftra.org.

Show up. Stand up. #StrikeBBH

SAG-AFTRA has no labor dispute with any person other than BBH.

VIEW ALL EVENTS
DEALS & DISCOUNTS
LOG IN
Need assistance? Get in touch.
CONTACT US

SAG-AFTRA’s APP IS READY FOR ITS CLOSE UP
Wherever you go, your union is in your pocket. Download today!

You have received this email because you are a SAG-AFTRA member with the email address arlybrly@pacbell.net

View Online Unsubscribe or Manage Email Preferences

Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

5757 Wilshire Boulevard, 7th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90036

© 2018 SAG-AFTRA | All Rights Reserved

—

Be there so they’ll bs Square!

Arl

The Ol’ SAG Watchdog

*Headline Photo selected by the Watchdog

by Patrick Hipes

September 25, 2018 9:30am

SAG-AFTRA Foundation To Honor Spike Lee & Jeffrey Katzenberg With Patron Of The Artists Awards

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation will bestow this year’s Patron of the Artists Awards on Spike Lee and Jeffrey Katzenberg at the group’s third annual Patron of the Artists Awards on November 8 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. The event will also honor Harrison Ford and Lady Gaga with Artists Inspiration Awards for their philanthropic work.

The Patron of the Artists Award honors “industry leaders who are champions of the arts and whose history of fostering creativity and creating opportunities for actors has made a positive impact on the acting profession and the performing arts,” the foundation said. The event benefits the nonprofit’s vital assistance and performers programs for SAG-AFTRA artists and its Storyline Online children’s literacy program.

Lee’s latest pic BlacKkKlansman has made more than $75 million worldwide since its August release and has catapulted into the awards-season race. Katzenberg, the former Disney boss who co-founded DreamWorks and later founded DreamWorks Animation, is currently working on his latest ventures WndrCo and NewTV.

We believe that the contributions made by performing artists to our society are not only valuable, but essential, and it’s not only the arts, but the artists who need a community of support,” SAG-AFTRA Foundation president JoBeth Williams said. “Jeffrey Katzenberg and Spike Lee are two leaders within our industry who have created opportunities, opened doors, nurtured careers and provided jobs to countless artists.”

“Mr. Lee and Mr. Katzenberg are innovators, leaders and champions of the arts, and of artists, and could not be more deserving of our Patron of the Artists Awards.”

Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy

Congradulations to both!

Arl

The Ol’ SAG Watchdog

*Headline photo featured in article

SEPT. 20, 2018

STRIKE NOTICE

The SAG-AFTRA National Board voted unanimously today to declare a strike against Bartle Bogle Hegarty LLC (BBH), a long-time signatory ad agency owned by Publicis Groupe. The strike is effective immediately.

In a direct and unprecedented assault on performers’ ability to earn a living wage for the use of their image selling advertiser products, BBH unilaterally announced the union’s Commercials Contracts no longer apply to them. They are now producing non-union commercials and paying substandard wages in violation of their legal obligations.

SAG-AFTRA called this strike in response to BBH’s reprehensible and illegal decision so we can protect members from BBH’s exploitative practices.

While the strike is in force, SAG-AFTRA members may not audition for or accept work from BBH. Accepting work during the BBH strike is a serious violation of members’ responsibility to one another and to SAG-AFTRA, and can result in fines, suspension or expulsion.

This strike only affects BBH and no other ad agency. Members may continue auditioning and accepting commercial work on SAG-AFTRA contracts for any other signatory company.

Visit sagaftra.org/strikebbh to:

Find out more about our strike against BBH
Sign up for updates and participate in strike actions like leafletting, picketing, rallies, etc.
Watch President Gabrielle Carteris’ message to members

You can also send any information on BBH commercials to adsgounion@sagaftra.org. Casting notices, call sheets… everything is useful.

Any information you send is confidential, and your name will not be used.

Thank you for your solidarity. We will be in further communication with you as this situation develops.

Obviously the Iron is Hot!

Arl

Te Ol’ SAG Watchdog

The following from SAG/AFTRA Website:

SAG-AFTRA Statement on the Passage of the Music Modernization Act

September 19, 2018

SAG-AFTRA commends the United States Senate for passing the Music Modernization Act.

SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris said the following:

“The Senate’s passage of the Music Modernization Act ensures that our singers and sound recording artists will at last be justly compensated for their pre-1972 works on digital and satellite platforms. We thank the Republicans and Democrats who together voted to correct this injustice and move the music industry forward. This is a great day for all the artists and creators whose work has and will continue to bring joy to millions of people across the globe. I’d also like to thank SAG-AFTRA members for their thousands of emails to Congress. Their voices were heard.

“We now urge the House of Representatives to pass the Senate bill quickly and look forward to the president signing this important legislation into law.”

—

Ahhh…Music to Many Ears!

Arl

The Ol’ SAG Watchdog

Headline photo from SAG/AFTRA article