Dispatches From The Picket Line: Actors In NYC Say Offer From A-Listers Was “Righteous And Generous”
This is day 99 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Actors in New York City nearing day 100 on strike said a polite no thank you Friday to an offer from top stars to fund their health care by lifting the cap on SAG-AFTRA dues — to the tune of more than $150 million over three years — and to rework residual payments to benefit rank-and-file union members.
“It seems like not a good idea,” actor Kathleen Chalfant told Deadline during Friday’s rainy picket outside Netflix offices near Manhattan’s Union Square, in response to a proposal Thursday by A-listers to let their dues rise and, relatedly, to reverse the normal order of residual payouts so that actors at the bottom of the call sheet are paid first.
Union leaders have praised George Clooney and others for “their creativity and earnest desire to help solve the impasse.” But in a letter to members they also said...
Actors in New York City nearing day 100 on strike said a polite no thank you Friday to an offer from top stars to fund their health care by lifting the cap on SAG-AFTRA dues — to the tune of more than $150 million over three years — and to rework residual payments to benefit rank-and-file union members.
“It seems like not a good idea,” actor Kathleen Chalfant told Deadline during Friday’s rainy picket outside Netflix offices near Manhattan’s Union Square, in response to a proposal Thursday by A-listers to let their dues rise and, relatedly, to reverse the normal order of residual payouts so that actors at the bottom of the call sheet are paid first.
Union leaders have praised George Clooney and others for “their creativity and earnest desire to help solve the impasse.” But in a letter to members they also said...
- 10/20/2023
- by Sean Piccoli and Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Network: Amazon. Episodes: 40 (half-hour). Seasons: Four. TV show dates: December 23, 2014 -- February 15, 2018. Series status: Cancelled. Performers include: Gael García Bernal, Lola Kirke, Peter Vack, Gael García Bernal, Bernadette Peters, Malcolm McDowell, Bob Dishy, Hannah Dunne, Constantine Maroulis, Joshua Bell, Jennifer Kim, Griffin Birney, Matt Braver, Tom Bateman, John Anderson, Gabriel Millman, Rachel Zeiger-Haag, Eddie K. Robinson, Philip Jackson Smith, and Erica Yang. TV show description: Based on the critically-acclaimed memoir Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs & Classical Music by Blair Tindall, this dramedy series takes a look at what happens behind the curtains at the New York Symphony. It turns out that backstage is just as captivating as what happens on stage. Artistic dedication and creativity collide with mind games, politicking and survival instincts.
- 4/7/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: Amazon
Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: December 23, 2014 -- present
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: Gael García Bernal, Lola Kirke, Peter Vack, Gael García Bernal, Bernadette Peters, Malcolm McDowell, Bob Dishy, Hannah Dunne, Constantine Maroulis, Joshua Bell, Jennifer Kim, Griffin Birney, Matt Braver, Tom Bateman, John Anderson, Gabriel Millman, Rachel Zeiger-Haag, Eddie K. Robinson, Philip Jackson Smith, and Erica Yang.
TV show description:
Based on the critically-acclaimed memoir Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs & Classical Music by Blair Tindall, this dramedy series takes a look at what happens behind the curtains at the New York Symphony. It turns out that backstage is just as captivating as what happens on stage. Artistic dedication and creativity collide with mind games, politicking and survival instincts.
(more…)...
Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: December 23, 2014 -- present
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: Gael García Bernal, Lola Kirke, Peter Vack, Gael García Bernal, Bernadette Peters, Malcolm McDowell, Bob Dishy, Hannah Dunne, Constantine Maroulis, Joshua Bell, Jennifer Kim, Griffin Birney, Matt Braver, Tom Bateman, John Anderson, Gabriel Millman, Rachel Zeiger-Haag, Eddie K. Robinson, Philip Jackson Smith, and Erica Yang.
TV show description:
Based on the critically-acclaimed memoir Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs & Classical Music by Blair Tindall, this dramedy series takes a look at what happens behind the curtains at the New York Symphony. It turns out that backstage is just as captivating as what happens on stage. Artistic dedication and creativity collide with mind games, politicking and survival instincts.
(more…)...
- 12/29/2014
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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