Make it a Hit with AFTRA! Video games - episode 1

[chipbhi]

You sound like you might be one of the loud, uninformed LA SAG people. When are we gonna get a SAG contract with our agents? If I'm not mistaken, while SAG members haven't had one for years, AFTRA has had an uninterrupted contract with them all along.

[BrianHamiltonTV]

AFTRA is not an asset to actors, it's an albatross--a crummy little poaching parasite.

[chipbhi]

You also sound like one of the uninformed LA SAG people. Aftra's jobs have not left the country, while our former SAG jobs are now being done by Canadians, Europeeans, Australians and South Africans in droves.

[talkingman]

AFTRA gets good contracts while SAG alienates members and employers at the same time.

[BrianHamiltonTV]

AFTRA undercuts better wages and working conditions for actors established by Screen Actors Guild.

[chipbhi]

That's because it's their responsibility to get work for their members. As soon as the world went digital, we were all predicting the unions would have to go after each other's work, and that's exactly what has happened. Any efforts to take jobs away from each other would be unnecessary of the two unions would merge just as the employers have.