By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
An E-Mail From A Committed NO Voter On The SAG Contract
“You may have seen the video on sag.org. A rigidly scripted mantra that, just like the Guild Summary in our ballots, is remarkable more for what it DOESN’T say than for what it does tell us about the SAG TV/Theatrical contract.
These are pieces of DISinformation brought to us, at OUR expense, by the highly paid Crisis Management team of The Saylor Company, employed by OUR union because OUR union has been hijacked by “go-along-to-get-along” forces that think we can be fooled into drinking the Kool Aid.
VOTE NOW. VOTE NO on the SAG TV/Theatrical Contract
Here is a video hosted by Martin Sheen recommending a NO vote: Send out to the universe.
Below are links to YouTube videos filmed and edited by Rico Bueno of the Wild Bunch of Hollywood, from all the footage he has taken of our Vote No on the Contract pickets and rallies. They are true representations of our membership across the board, speaking from their hearts and their real life experiences. Worth watching.
This is Part One of Rico’s video
This is Part Two of Rico’s video
This is Part Three of Rico’s video
and here is a video by Rhonda De Felice.
Here’s what happened when one member attended the May 21st Informational meeting in Hollywood:
Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 11:18 AM
Hi everyone….
I recently left a message in support of voting yes for the upcoming theatrical vote. Last night I went to the meeting at the Renaissance Hotelwhich was sponsored by the “Vote Yes” contingency, and I left the 3 hour meeting a definite “NO” vote…to my surprise. I highly recommend you all attend whatever information meetings are available before you vote. There’s a lot of bogus info floating around and I apologize for the last message I posted. At this point, sure, we will lose work in the short term by voting “no” now, but the alternative is to lose our residuals and if this happens, they will be gone forever. That would be tragic for all of us!!!
I hope you will all really inform yourselves before you vote. If anyone wants info about last nights meeting you can contact me directly.
Thanks and I hope you all have a happy and safe holiday weekend!!!!
Bob
There is more information on the attached flyers. (1 | 2 | 3)You can download and print copies and pass them on.
VOTE NOW. VOTE NO.
In Solidarity
Scott Wilson”
Vote no and then what? What brings the AMPTP back to the table yet again? Bueller?
I mean, these are the same people who advocated voting down the franchise agreement with agents in 2002 because THAT deal was unacceptable. Anyone want to wager a guess as to the status of that agreement today?
Or howabout this, the AFTRA agreement will still exist. So, even if SAG gets everything it wants, all that guarantees is that all new media projects will be AFTRA for at least the next 2 years. And then what? Any chance of SAG synching up contracts with the other unions vanishes with voting this down.
So, where’s the upside?