Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Life: Baby, Showbiz: SAG Card

Those of you who check in regularly may have found it pointless as my updates have been sporadic recently. I've back dated a few items to catch up. Life is full with the baby. We've had lots of family visiting, which has been entertaining. Every time someone comes to town, we try to do/see something we haven't already done/seen. One of the highlights has been the Autry Museum here. I was very impressed with the collection and the lunch.

In other news, I received the coveted SAG card in the mail the other day. An expensive, but necessary, tool for acting work here. It comes at a time of uncertainty in the business overall. SAG and the production execs have still not reached an agreement on a new Primetime contract. AFTRA signed a deal last month. I'm an AFTRA member too. I must say it seems odd that the union with fewer overall shows in this jurisdiction would cut in front of the union with the most on the line. The whole thing has seemed a debacle and makes me wonder further why there are still two separate performer unions working against each other.

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1 comment:

Nat said...

Yeah, having 2 unions seems crazy. AFTRA recently "discovered" me and starting taking my paychecks toward initiation dues on any AFTRA jobs I get. It's annoying. Part of me wants to just opt not to take AFTRA jobs. Paying 2 sets of dues every 6 months would be kind of annoying.