SAG-AFTRA member as strike continues: "Our salaries are going in reverse"

[@shaddouida3447]

Tatiana Maslany calls Bob Iger “completely out of touch with the workers who make his shows happen.” “I have friends doing this for 30 to 40 years & have lost their health care because the minimums are relatively low, but wages have gone down.”

[@Adamkalb1]

Uh-oh. You know how bad this situation is when we have to agree with the star of She-Hulk on something serious.

[@rack9458]

SAG-AFTRA should start their own studio and pay themselves whatever they want!

[@jmcnally647]

At least form new companies/alliances with writers and production crews that actually care about the people they are working with and don't want to see them starving out in the streets.

[@hiddenname9809]

Lol mark my word. Once they become employers, they would be the same as other management or bosses. Pay the lower ranks pittance.

[@jaredthomas4663]

@@hiddenname9809 No, if they did that, they would realize they would be repeating history. At least most of them.

[@iketinknocker5033]

Join the rest of the public! ALL of our salaries are going down except for the government and their crooked cronies!

[@smartjackasswisdom1467]

And the CEOs, don't forget those

[@rack9458]

​@@smartjackasswisdom1467CEOs agree to a contract based on the board of directors. CEOs don't get to name their salary.

[@herrwahnsinn4229]

Oh stop with the poverty mindset, our field is not low paying... We work for ##ing Hollywood... 😂

[@herrwahnsinn4229]

In fact our field is HIGH paying with excellent coverage and high standard of living...

[@jasonJones-ks5co]

Maybe they should learn to code ?

[@guybeingaguy]

Nobody cares. You have no leverage. Wanna know what leverage really looks like? Watch the UPS drivers and how that works out.

[@NickCBax]

The UPS drivers are about ready to vote on a contract…

[@guybeingaguy]

@@NickCBax I predict the suits are going to the 11th hour and fold on all demands at midnight. I’m not saying too big to fail, but the suits know how things really work and they have yacht payments coming up. Actors are disposable, just like the income I spend on entertainment and I have a TON of other options. UPS plays a role in the overall US economy, BIG difference!

[@NickCBax]

@@guybeingaguy I mean the Teamsters and UPS have agreed upon a contract. It just is now up for a union employee vote. So no 11th hour waiting there. There are economic benefits for movie and tv/streaming entertainment as well.. many states and countries chase this business just like they chase an auto plant or a UPS hub.

[@funfunfun3624]

There should be laws that employees and workers of any company get a percentage of the profits. This would solve 90% of our problems

[@Necris986]

Stock options?

[@GotoHere]

Bonuses?

[@funfunfun3624]

@@Necris986 Stocks are not profits. I for example own .05% of stocks of the company I worked at. But I get nothing of the profits, the CEO gets all that. Also, the descripancy is just crazy. I am product designer. The CEO is not 90x more important than me. Also, all of this is at the mercy of the CEO. He decides. It should not be like that. There should be a law that guarantees that you get a percentage of the profits of the company from day 1, not 1% 2 years later if the CEO feels like it

[@PhilMoskowitz]

That what a salary is for. You are not entitled to profits unless you partake in the risks. People are so stupid with their sense of entitlement.

[@Random_dud31]

​@@PhilMoskowitzexactly. So pay the writers fairy. Glad we are on the same page

[@notsure1277]

Wow...all of those performers not performing...and yet hospitals somehow still manage to save lives, farmers still manage to tend their crops, truck drivers still manage to deliver goods to market, and hundreds of millions of Americans still manage to go to work and get sh** done. How is this possible??!?

[@TheTardisDreamer]

And now imagine how awful our lives would be without the influence of art. Imagine having no music. No books. No games. No TV. No films. No theatre. No musicals. No nice fashion. No dance. No paintings or art of any description. No photography. No magazines. No journalism. No nice architecture or anything that requires design skills. And who do you think helped invent everything we use today? Artists. Creative thinkers. Who reshaped our understanding of science? People who used their imagination. Artists. Who created our modern medicine? Artists, the first people to document and understand human anatomy. And how do doctors and the public learn about health? Through books. Through videos. Through writers. And who do you think created modern democracy and society? Philosophers. How did figures like Martin Luther King Jr. Shape society? A lot of it is through speeches. Through writing. Through a performance. Saying art isn't important is just plain stupid. If you won't listen to me, listen to Albert Einstein. "I am enough of the artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

[@jaredthomas4663]

If you think so, cancel your streaming service subscriptions, throw away your books, stop going to the movies, and stop watching KZbin. And see how great your life is after a year or so.

[@notsure1277]

@jaredthomas4663 Once again, another over-emoting performer proves my point. Performers are always trying to validate their hobby by co-opting the validity of other professions. No, it is performers who have no real and necessary value to a society. That is why I used the word "performer" -- you did read that, yes? You mention books. Well, unlike performers, writers can produce things of value. So writers get respect and are not the targets of my commentary. Every sufficiently complex society uses writing as a means of storing and transmitting information. Civilizations that existed thousands of years ago were viable in part because of writing. Even good fiction can transmit important ideas. Do I watch movies? You bet. But do I think that society needs movies to function? Well, considering that almost all of human history does not include movies, the answer is no. Performers are a luxury, and everyone can live perfectly happy and fulfilling lives without movies and tee-vee. In fact, there are quite a few writers who have expressed the opinion that movies and tee-vee are harmful to the individual creative process. Theater? Musicals? Fashion? None of those have any necessary value -- just fancy useless non-productive people who want to draw attention to themselves. Drawing and dance are interesting, because long ago, when they were the endeavors of free individuals, such activities had value. However, when such activities became corporatized and institutionalized, they lost their value. Many people who lived thousands of years ago danced or produced drawings, but they did not just do only those things. People hunted, gathered, farmed, built, AND then some of them also danced or produced drawings. Nobody would ever have tried to just dance or just draw for their living. Today's performers have to show up to do something, and they do draw paychecks. Good for them. But apparently it is not enough that you get paid for your hobby. You also want everybody to believe that performing is real and necessary work. Sorry, but no. Collect your money and move along. In closing, I leave you with the words of Mickey Spillane (a good writer): "An actor is somebody who hates himself so much, he has to be somebody else.".

[@globalspiritualrevolutionmedia]

Ms. Van Dyck is a Great Actress!

[@brendarico715]

Every Industry has been affected

[@duel5071]

That's why this is so important.

[@DemonDog444]

My industry won't be effected by this in the slightest.

[@johnmoore6853]

Big problem is there is a massive worker shortage. There are thousands of jobs going unfilled. If I owned a company and couldn't fill several positions, and AI was the answer, I would move forward with it. Unfortunately in the workforce today there is too much "Quiet Quitting", everyone wants to work from home, and people need to feel appreciated. Guess what, people need to feel appreciated from within. The satisfaction of a paycheck is your appreciation. AI is the future. People need to get on board and adapt. Or else they're going to be left behind. But I'm sure once that happens they'll be blaming everyone else and complaining about that. Accountability is mostly a thing of the past.

[@carolineneisha]

Great interview - well prepared hosts and guest, thank you!

[@ro6742]

Bot or Shill?

[@jbagger331]

How does it feel to be discarded by those who rule, perhaps you should talk to those who already experienced this in the Rustbelt, in Northern Britain, in the Ruhr and many other places.

[@1k1ngst0n]

times change, ask coal miners and all factory workers in the US.

[@brianeyre]

People hate actors and artists, and it shows in the comments... believe it or not, the people who make your entertainment are employees too, and deserve to be paid. It's called an "industry" for a reason. Those complaining everything has gone "loony left"... the people who work on shows do not get to decide on the scripts and nature of the content.... it's the rich corporate execs (that you claim to hate so much, and who have zero creative skills) that decide what goes in and what doesn't.

[@chrisddawson]

You nailed it. The negative comments are a sad indicator of how mercenary and uncaring our society has become as the rich get richer and the poor go homeless. Everywhere. In everything. When it happens to those uncaring people, they will realize all their hard work, education and “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” efforts mostly go to the wealthy in control.

[@OllieNieves-gs7ef]

Mm hm. K.

[@Matay000]

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[@macmcleod1188]

People who make $30,000 have little sympathy for people making $60,000 in a higher status job complaining about pay. Look, there are real concerns about Hollywood making unfair deals about stealing their likeness but there are *millions* of public domain pictures and movies and cgi extras have already gone from back ground to mid ground. We will have cgi extras in the foreground. The job of being a dumpy balding man walking by and getting paid for it is going away.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

They are paid. They just don't work enough hours. Plus when they do work, they are paid handsomely for it.

[@BenderDaOffenda]

As bad as this situation is, I see it as something ultimately good for the little people in more ways then one. Not only are they trying improve their way of live so the next generation don't have to, but the small and independent movies and TV shows will also benefit from it. Because they're given production wavers from SAG to continue on production during a time where their competition is nowhere to be seen.

[@shaddouida3447]

whatever happens the writers and actors will never be replaced by robots know that it will never happen

[@jaredthomas4663]

@Lee-km7qq You realize that is the doing of executives. Do you want me to explain why?

[@MsHashy420]

We need a new batch of writers and actors lol it's all been terrible for years

[@jjj1951]

So try your hand at it. There probably is a community theater in your town. Show us what you got

[@MsHashy420]

@@jjj1951 nah I avoid narcissistic people like the plague lol

[@johnnysupreme5718]

@@jjj1951 Hollywood won't hire people anyone that isn't part of their little clique.

[@ommconsult8351]

@@jjj1951saying “your writing/acting sucks” doesn’t mean mine is better. It just means your writing/acting sucks. They can’t blame the audience for disliking the product.

[@perunplague9794]

I think AI can do better than modern actors and writers.

[@shaddouida3447]

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have begun talking about their next film together. “We want to make a movie that is totally its own thing, existing outside of the Cornetto trilogy.”

[@HardKore5250]

Here's a potential plot outline and cast list for a SAG-AFTRA strike film with a time travel to the golden age of cinema theme: Plot: - Jane Smith (Anne Hathaway), a young actress and SAG-AFTRA member, is frustrated with the lack of quality roles for women and the studios' unwillingness to meet the union's demands during contract negotiations. - When talks break down and a strike is called, Jane accidentally gets transported back in time to Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s-40s. - Jane meets classic actresses like Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, and Carole Lombard who educate her on their struggles. She learns about the hard-fought gains they made in wages, credits, and respect. - As Jane considers returning to her time, she realizes the strike is not just about the current demands, but continuing the fight started by those iconic actresses. Jane gains a new appreciation for the shoulders she stands on. - Empowered, Jane returns to present day just as the strike ends, with SAG-AFTRA achieving key victories like diversity standards, improved residuals, etc. Jane feels those classic leading ladies were somehow fighting alongside her and her fellow union members. Cast: - Anne Hathaway as Jane Smith - Octavia Spencer as Dorothy Dandridge - Viola Davis as Hattie McDaniel - Jane Fonda as Katharine Hepburn - Laura Dern as Bette Davis - Margot Robbie as Carole Lombard - Dev Patel as Cary Grant - Hugh Jackman as Clark Gable - Matthew McConaughey as Humphrey Bogart Let me know if you would like me to modify or expand on this plot and casting idea in any way!

[@nickblue11]

did you use ChatGPT???🤣

[@shaddouida3447]

in any case we hope that the studios will accept negotiations with SAG & WGA but on the other hand it is out of the question that the scriptwriters and the actors find themselves in the street without a house without an apartment when they have children families to feed at some point the studios will have to do something for screenwriters and actors but that it is out of the question that the actors be replaced by an artificial intelligence by robots and that could destroy the image of everything we know🤞🤞🤞🙏🙏

[@rack9458]

Obviously they were living beyond their means if they can't support themselves during a 2 week strike.

[@al28854]

0:41 I find it a bit ironic that these two 'journalist' who made it to be 'TV News journalist' on a national level, sitting behind that desk and abled to secured multi million dollar annual salary contracts with the news network find it fitting to start with that question ..... like in a parallel kind of way maybe all working TV journalist are also millionaires too.

[@shaddouida3447]

Seth MacFarlane has donated $1 million to the Entertainment Community Fund to support those in need of financial assistance during the strikes.

[@shaddouida3447]

The Hollywood labor strike outside Netflix in Los Angeles today 🪧 SAG-AFTRA: Day 6 WGA: Day 79 Netflix has added 5.89 million subscribers in Q2 2023. Netflix says it is upping their free cash flow estimate to $5 billion-plus for the full year whilst still refusing to pay actors & writers fairly.

[@shaddouida3447]

anyway the actors will never be replaced by robots and it will never happen

[@RealityForTheReal]

Netflix just spent a million on the AI program every other major Network is getting that AI technology the funny part about it they got started right after the strike. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@RealityForTheReal]

@@boofert.washington2499 that's why they don't need. It's called supply and demand

[@Scrubby-McScrubberson]

$17 movie tickets Let that sink in Ever notice every other Union in negotiations willingly discloses their income.. all except for these guys ✌🏾

[@neverevenheardofit]

Scale for each of the guilds is available for anyone to see on the website. They’ve been showing residual checks on social media (completely opaque to them based on the streaming services’ viewership data that isn’t being shared)

[@MalchikGuy]

No one asked the right questions. Journalism is dead. These news actors are in the same business

[@Jen-ur4ut]

Actors have absolutely nothing to do with the price of theater tickets. All the data you're seeking is readily available to the public. If anything, your ignorant comment shows how much money is actually available. The greedy executives want people to starve.

[@shaddouida3447]

Writers have been striking for 90 days & continue to fight for fair pay & working conditions. Help support them by donating & sharing the links below:

[@shaddouida3447]

Reps for studios & streamers have reportedly expressed a desire to return to negotiations with SAG-AFTRA in a meeting on Friday. This is after they refused to return to negotiations with SAG about a week or so ago.

[@joshuacoldwater]

I’m not sure where you are getting your information from, as of this morning nobody has contacted the President’s office for any meetings. She has reached out on a daily basis, including today.

[@bobby-ov9qn]

Reap what you sow, SAG-AFTRA.

[@slrsouth64]

and where were they when others striked. cashing checks? now it is stand together.

[@TheTardisDreamer]

Do you seriously not understand how a strike works? Why on Earth would they go on strike for other industries? They don't work in them! They are not part of the unions! Do you see any other workers striking for actors or writers? No! Because that would make zero sense and would have no legal standing. An actor/ writer can go on strike and also support other strikers through things like word of mouth without explicitly participating. They're not mutually exclusive. A lot of people (clearly not you) don't like workers being unfairly exploited, no matter the industry.

[@johnnysupreme5718]

@@TheTardisDreamer While the rest of us were pointing out economic problems, they laughed at us, called us bigots and partied. Now that the people who used to make 10 million a year are making 5 million a year, they expect the rest of us to pity them.

[@PoxyBear]

Stay on strike forever for all I care. This is what you get for alienating viewers who have different politics than you do. Obviously not everyone but far too many to feel sorry for them. AI + MetaHuman Creator + the Smart NPC plug= just the beginning.

[@andrewwong8932]

Supply and demand, there’s too much good TV means the value of television is worthless television has overproduced itself into a a glut of product in the value of the product has decreased

[@AllRequired]

What a bunch of crybabies. There really shouldn't be any negotiations. The actors and scriptwriters need to be told point blank: get back to work or get replaced. And they are _very_ easy to replace. There's plenty of starving upstarts that would be thrilled to the gills to put in twice the hours and twice the workload for half the money and put out a much much better product.

[@shaddouida3447]

because we're really tired of waiting we can't take it anymore we would like to see you the writers get back to work when they have claimed a huge salary

[@stevenhuffman9032]

Your salaries are going in reverse. So is the talent level and quality of the writing. Seems fair to me.

[@duel5071]

It ain't about your subjective opinion, it's about how much money shows generate through streaming and spreading that fairly. If streaming companies weren't making money then your comment would have some purpose, as it is it's useless.

[@12Nordsee]

you nailed it

[@jaredthomas4663]

The actors and writers have sadly lost the inspiration to continue good quality. That's because they haven't gotten any raises despite inflation.

[@batmansillo]

This has been happening in EVERY industry for the past 10 years. Maybe more. Ohhh but the precious actors are now feeling the heat and NOW the world has to care...

[@RealityForTheReal]

That's the crazy part about it. How long has assembly-line been getting taken over by AI😂😂😂😂 wow very entitled

[@12Nordsee]

they were deemed "essential" during the pandemic. How ironic.

[@jmcnally647]

I don't think the best response to someone's misery is saying "see look how miserable everyone else is"...we can find a better way to make it so that we aren't all starved off the face of the earth.

[@NPG4EVER]

Why would you want more people and more industries to be negatively impacted by A.I. and technology? I guess the saying misery loves company is true. Sad….

[@RealityForTheReal]

@@jmcnally647 then you find a way to stop it Superwoman

[@shaddouida3447]

I wonder when are the studios going to negotiate with the WGA and SAG we all hope that the situation will get better as soon as possible and that this salary story will be resolved we hope that soon the situation will get better in Hollywood it is hoped that soon the screenwriters will be well paid with a huge salary of what he claims no matter what real actors and actresses will never be replaced by robots and it will never happen because we are waiting impatiently for news so that we can know when are the writers going to get back to work when they have claimed what they want

[@johnnymcblaze]

Never negotiate with antisemites.

[@emiliobello2538]

How long til it ends?

[@Hedgehobbit]

They aren't even talking to each other.

[@shaddouida3447]

and then i wonder if there will be any new studios in hollywood that will be built for normal people

[@samchar100]

CEOs belong on the BOTTOM

[@davelarson6682]

These Hollywoood types are hard to get behind. They lose their compass and cringe themselves

[@MalchikGuy]

They should be made to be held accountable by the set crews who have families who i imagine are largely not like that

[@LouisBackover]

They're untitled to make a living. If they aren't going to get residuals any more, fine but increase their base pay by 30x or something like that. And a big NO to owning their image to reuse in new AI created images into perpetuity.

[@davelarson6682]

@@LouisBackover AI wouldn't have misspelled *entitled Food for thought

[@princejavv3314]

Great interview and i love her points, not because someone is on tv 24/7 doesn't mean their millionaires it takes years for an actor to reach the million dollar point, they're ppl just like us and they have to pay tax and bills like us

[@jbagger331]

So actors are now experiencing what happened to everyone else for four decades, I remember how they mocked people who objected to this.

[@Capdub]

Last three years* is what you meant to say

[@BenderDaOffenda]

SAG literally striked back in 2007. That's not 4 decades. Learn some facts and learn some math too.

[@jbagger331]

@@BenderDaOffenda Imporation of labor, automation and outsourcing resulting in decreased purchasing power, that is what the people in the flyover states have experinced for four decades. And how did the actors and writers react when these people in pure despeartion voted for a human handgrenade, they told them to learn to code.

[@jbagger331]

@@Capdub Imporation of labor, automation and outsourcing resulting in decreased purchasing power, that is what the people in the flyover states have experinced for four decades. And how did the actors and writers react when these people in pure despeartion voted for a human handgrenade, they told them to learn to code.

[@CapAnson12345]

The more I pay attention to this, the more I think SAG is doomed. The industry is changing whether they like it or not.

[@Mateiafire]

Welcome to the REAL world of trying to survive...

[@kingtchalla2289]

What world were they living in before? Hater.

[@johnnysupreme5718]

@@kingtchalla2289 The one where they get millions a year in income and talk down to the rest of us

[@jaredthomas4663]

@@johnnysupreme5718 Then why are 99 percent of actors struggling, and many of them needing to get secondary jobs outside the entertainment industry?

[@kingtchalla2289]

@@johnnysupreme5718 The ignorance in this country is horrifying and exhausting. How many REAL actors have you meant in your life? What actor ever "talked down" to you? What are you evem talking about?

[@mikebrand568]

Next time Dont cross the WGA picket lines..we wouldnt be in this mess if SAG didnt continuously cross for weeks while we we on strike..Now its a big deal! Where was Fran then? We know...she didnt have to do anything because she thought SAG would settle as quick and sweet as the DGA did! Solidarity dont work part time..dont pretend to care now..Horrible leadership..

[@MalchikGuy]

lock em out! 🔒 They've already got more money than sense Most have gone far left of America anyway.. let's give AI a shot. I think the children may be safer around a machine.

[@DaleHartley]

Your comment shows you dont think bud.

[@jjj1951]

What BS are you spewing?

[@MalchikGuy]

​​@@DaleHartley you think Bud tho.. You're obviously a dylan mulvaney fan Amirite

[@chrisddawson]

And when it comes down to eliminating your job (and all the others who share this view) hope you get a nice place on the sidewalk. Because the more jobs eliminated, the better your overlords do. Doctors, lawyers, data jobs. All able to be impacted right now by AI. See you.

[@DaleHartley]

@@MalchikGuy wow, i guess I think more then you since I did not use a logic fallacy to try to attack back ;) Auto fail bud.

[@brendarico715]

I Agree❤ Pay people what they worth. Inflation hurts.

[@MalchikGuy]

So does cringe. actors and actresses need to keep their mouths shut. They lost their talking license

[@ashleyashley6396]

We need a nationwide strike!!!

[@JStanLaney]

SAG and WGA turned their back on BTL crew and vendors that are the true engines for film and TV. Salaries changed because times changed. Lets have an honest discussion about ROI on these projects in comparison to when residual numbers were higher. Technology has affected every industry and will continue to do so. Other industries (music streaming, advertising, automotive, etc) are having to adapt while we decide to completely stop because these guys refuse to do so. To strike at a time when work in the states was scarce with no consideration for us (BTL) is just selfish. If this doesn't end many of us wont be able to return at all. If it were just about the dollar amount a deal would have been made already. The teamsters just locked a historic deal with UPS. The DGA locked a deal with the studios during the WGA strike. Be realistic, adjust and adapt.

[@kenyattasimpson8468]

Bravo Jennifer you spoke truthfully for all us actors ❤❤❤❤

[@lw208]

Poor woke HOLLYWOOD. We are laughing. Don’t give a rip,, write great stories and stop preaching at at the podium during award shows. Rather watch grass grow

[@GrantAugustus1]

AGREED THAT MIGHT BE THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN THESE HYPERBOLIC SPEECHES PREACHING TO US THE PEOPLE THAT THESE ACTORS AND WRITERS ARE SO RIGHTOUS GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!

[@jaredthomas4663]

The execs are the ones behind this problem. They burden force their writers to include political agendas into their stories. Also, They don't give them enough time to revise storylines or dialogue, and demand 14 pages every 2 days. And I mean, why else have seasons been getting shorter episode counts over the years. Anyways, the real people who need to "watch grass grow" are the execs, cause they only see everything in money.

[@GrantAugustus1]

@@jaredthomas4663 That is business sorry!

[@GrantAugustus1]

@@jaredthomas4663 I highly doubt the execs are behind that, the writers are the ones who imagine what people say so sorry I think you are wrong on this one.

[@rareroots]

Memo to Hollywood CBS, your time was over about 2 years ago rip

[@OllieNieves-gs7ef]

Will you be going to the funeral?

[@BillyReplies]

Hollywood used to be a small, dedicated, elite, talented group of actors and filmmakers. Now, because of technology and the internet, anybody can be an actor or a filmmaker. Sorry, but the old days and your time is up. We don't want to pay you for something our neighbor is doing on KZbin, but better. Now head on down to Home Depot and pick up a job application. 🤣🤣🤣

[@BillyReplies]

Also, news anchors are next.

[@brb__bathroom]

@@BillyReplies also youtube content creators. and by extension, youtube commentators. are you ready to replace your favourite youtube channels with AI?

[@jjj1951]

What do you do for a living Billy?

[@chrisddawson]

Unless you swing a hammer or pick crops for a living, AI can or will be able to take or impact your job and your pay. So if you become unnecessary and there’s nothing else they want to hire you for, maybe then you ll see things as some if the rest of us have to. Good luck.

[@GotoHere]

“Learn to code. “Joe dementia Biden who couldn’t attach a photo to an email.

[@notmyrealname6150]

Actors are professional phonies and are way overpaid.

[@jaredthomas4663]

The only actors who are successful are 1 percent of them. The majority percentage of actors, however, are struggling to make a living, and many of them have had to get a job or 2 outside the entertainment industry. The people who are overpaid are the execs, and we should be fuming about them.

[@MicheleHerman-kq4ll]

Amen I support all actors they deserve to be paid and I think even some of these people who find the. Jobs should be paying them is stead of the actor having to pay for their service. They make.more money than the actors sometimes probably most time.

[@richardmattingly7000]

Reality Check..During the heyday of broadcast TV in 1960s one show filmed more hours each season than Streaming does in original programming in a year. Indeed the Emmy Awards hasn't gone to a series outside Cable-Streaming for some time and they employ fewer actors than anyone else and its getting worse. The brutal truth is the public is likely watching or following some fool on line more in one day than they might view in a month of scripted new entertainment. There is simply no jobs for many of the 150K+ members of SAG since they no longer exist and for everyone that might work a day as an extra when there is perhaps dozens or more don't or will..

[@grayghost7926]

Remember when rideshare drivers were complaining about self driving cars and pay and health insurance and homelessness and etc lol. Probably not... 😅.

[@samuelalonso22]

Sag Aftra . Your on the extinctioned list like the T Rex . I cant say that i blame your superiors though . The writers work has been sub standard for the last 30 years

[@epursimuove1633]

They deserve only what people are willing to pay them.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

I want to work 50 hours a month and get paid like I'm working 200 hours a month. Well do like regular people do. Get a second job.

[@jbwilliams18]

Bidenomics is going so well!

[@paularcher4338]

Boy we about to Win big! Sag strong

[@GrantAugustus1]

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT I HIGHLY DOUBT YOU ARE GOING TO WIN BIG!!!!! NEED MORE SUBSCRIBERS A LOT MORE!!!!

[@johnmoore6853]

So let me get this straight.... You want to get paid for something you did last year or 5 years ago? While the rest of us get up, go to work, and get paid for what we did in the last week or two and that's pretty much it. Additionally, no one is holding a gun to your head saying you have to be an actress and practice your "Craft" (a term that always cracked me up among actors). Here's a thought.... Go out and get a job. There's tons of jobs right now falling from the sky that are going unfilled in the non-acting world. Get a 9 to 5 Monday thru Friday job with a boss for about a year. Then get back to me.

[@Rzrsinthenight1982]

I lost brain cells reading your comment

[@johnmoore6853]

@@Rzrsinthenight1982 Thank you for your well-thought-out and intelligent response

[@Rzrsinthenight1982]

@@johnmoore6853 your comment is extremely irrational, shows your lack of understanding trades. The fact that you think this is only about people who are “acting” is hilarious. 8 hour days are nothing, try working 12+ hours a day.

[@johnmoore6853]

@@Rzrsinthenight1982 I've worked many a 12-hour day. Still do at times. Was in the newspaper and magazine printing industry for a long time until computers came along. Lost my job. Had to get a new line of work. If AI and streaming is a shift in the industry, actors and those who support it might have to find a new line of work. Cars replaced the buggy and buggy whip. Computers and internet replaced newspapers. If Streaming and AI replace the old payment model for actors and those who work in that industry, they will have to find a new line of work. It's a bummer, but things change. These people are in trouble. I don't think this strike is going to work in their favor.

[@Capdub]

​@@Rzrsinthenight1982you're not the sharpest tool in the shed are you?

[@HardKore5250]

us ai for scripts

[@GrantAugustus1]

I agree they should be paid but the problem is need more subscribers for streaming so the STUDIOS HAVE THE POWER!!!!

[@Jen-ur4ut]

Nonsense. They have tons of money. The 7 ceos of the studios made a combined $2BILLION dollars last year! Yes, that's 7 people made $2 Billion dollars. They have PLENTY of money.

[@GrantAugustus1]

That is not the point the point is without subscribers SAG will make squat. The CEOS do not have to fork out their paychecks to make those people happy that is the CEOS choice. If you had that money would you share it I highly doubt it.

[@jmcnally647]

Actually setting up a streaming platform and modern, related distribution is far easier than the methods of last century, where you had to have warehouses of film stored and VHS/DVDs. Simple truth of all this is forming a new production company with a good technical crew is the cheapest part of changing the business flow model. The large studios that don't understand this are the ones that will be left behind in the end. They may own all the old shows/movies but people like connecting with other people, and the art of storytelling, and want something modern that helps them cope with the present. Set up a new actor and writer friendly new streaming platform and also add things like Sports and Reality t.v., maybe some independent documentaries and you're in business.

[@GrantAugustus1]

@@jmcnally647 Maybe but it costs a lot more to go independent.

[@Capdub]

Paid more for what? Writing worse scripts than ever before

[@Cwgrlup]

They can go get a real job like everyone else

[@jaredthomas4663]

Acting is real, buddy. It's probably the reason you've had a favorite character growing up.

[@GotoHere]

Learn to code.

[@brianeyre]

Yeah, no… most coding jobs are on the AI chopping block within a few years.

[@jaredthomas4663]

Acting or coding, whatever it is, it won't solve the financial crisis workers face. A strike is the best solution.

[@Chrisfeb68]

It seems to me a combination of technology, competition, and poor content have conspired to make the industry not as profitable as it once was. The writers and actors keep referring back to the way things were 20 years ago or more. These people are being phased out whether they like it or not and they seem to fail to realize that.

[@Leah-yz4rj]

Why do you think they are on strike? 🤦‍♀️

[@NightOwlUtopia]

Which is a very stupid business move. Without real artists the billionaires can only produce crappier content… soo, I don’t know… is the point of technology to just elongate people? Maybe the masses should wake up, because it’s a matter of time before it’s their turn. We don’t need all this technological garbage.

[@StPiter111]

Zelensky wants other $100 billions now🤓 Forget other expenses 😁

[@posthocprior]

This is one actor’s story. What would make the case very convincing: data. What is the mean salary of an actor, today, versus 10 years ago? What is the difference between mean residuals payments in the same time period? I’ve been watching the writers/actors strike closely. I have never seen ANY data; presented from either side.

[@NickCBax]

SAG/AFTRA has said that something like 80% of their members make less than $26k a year.

[@posthocprior]

Fair enough. I did see that one data point also.@@NickCBax

[@Hedgehobbit]

Back in the 1980s, there were 90,000 members of SAG-AFTRA. Today, there are 160,000. That's almost three times as many. While there are more shows now, the shows have fewer episodes. The question is whether or not the low average earnings of todays actors are due to their salary or the fact that there are way more actors than jobs for actors.

[@NickCBax]

@@Hedgehobbit fair question.

[@brianeyre]

@@Hedgehobbit you did not present any data to support your point about the actual amount of content now as against then.. you just glossed over it rather dismissively. You need to answer your own question…

[@GwensRealLoverAnthOny]

Why should you expect more when you're not even good at what you do?

[@henryzhao4622]

At least some people have the courage to chase their dreams and won’t go the grave with the song stil in their hearts

[@brianeyre]

If you work for someone, you're owed a living wage. Do you watch any films and TV.. and if so, why?

[@RealityForTheReal]

​@@brianeyrethey ain't paying it get over it😂😂😂😂😂

[@12Nordsee]

@@henryzhao4622 how romantic

[@12Nordsee]

@@brianeyre Most of them are utter crap

[@blackrocks8413]

welcome to Bidenomics....

[@ro6742]

Let’s see if I remember what the phrase was hmmmmm.....🤔 Learn To Code 😉👍 Incidentally the BOT accounts commenting on this are cringeworthy. And ironic that AI is being employed to support a protest that is essentially against the use of AI. 🤔

[@robroy8207]

Whining about a cushy, glamorous and wealthy life because they want more. They couldn’t care less about us customers who have had a rough time for years! And our jobs matter! Teachers, cops, nurses, garbage collectors. WE are underpaid and essential! We don’t need even one of them. Give me Andy Griffith show any day over the crap they put out now.

[@blackrocks8413]

meh, they can learn to code....

[@jaredthomas4663]

Hardly anyone's gonna watch A.I., though

[@joe.oneill]

Join the club. While cumulative inflation has been 24% since January 2021, median wage has dropped by 12-14%. What make actors think they're immune to Bidenomics?

[@jjj1951]

Fake stats

[@joe.oneill]

​@@jjj1951Sources: Federal Reserve of St Louis & the US Census Bureau. Check them out. Unless you're afraid of the truth.

[@Necris986]

LOL 24% inflation?

[@GotoHere]

@@Necris986Cumulative inflation way higher than 24%. Incompetent Biden’s a complete failure.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

Republicans have had their hand in creating the inflation mess to. Don't just blame it on one party.

[@davidjones6389]

In 1919 Ford Motor company had a $60 million surplus, Henry F, wanted to reinvest in his workers and create a cheaper car, and his SHAREHOLDERS SUED! And won. Meeting workers needs is not corporate Americas job said the court, meeting corporate shareholder needs is....

[@GotoHere]

Shareholders are the owners. Maybe the workers can invest their money in the company they work at? Ya think?

[@stephaniebrown9799]

But if said workers aren't making enough to meet the needs of their families then where are they gonna get the money to invest? But invest enough that receiving the dividends are worth it.

[@NickCBax]

Is this Dodge v Ford? Because you mischaracterized the result of that. As long as management can say in the long run that they believe it’ll support profits, they can do what they want. Dodge lost that one.

[@brendarico715]

SOLIDARITY❤

[@12Nordsee]

No

[@jaredthomas4663]

@@12Nordsee Define "no"

[@faraboverubieskerry]

Would LOVE for all of the folks leaving sarcastic and negative comments here to have to live their lives without any access to TV shows(old and new), movies, comedy specials or any streaming platform, etc. They seem to think that what actors do is not that significant but the rest of us recognize how important old movies and entertainment was during covid and in any difficult period in life. It is called entertainment and on behalf of all of the artists that have ever moved you to laugh, cry , appreciate life and reflect on different aspects of yourself and humanity...YOUR WELCOME! :)

[@ergfregregregrege]

AI is bad im Support SAG AFTRA

[@patrickgilroy9822]

On average, A- list celebrities are being paid 15 to 20 million dollars per movie, Has their salary dropped in the last few years?

[@jaredthomas4663]

Buddy, why are you worrying about the A-list celebrities. Many of them are in this strike to support the underprivileged actors, who have had to get a spare job or 2 outside of the entertainment industry. Didn't you see that article that Dwayne Johnson made a 7-figures donation to the strikers?

[@patrickgilroy9822]

@@jaredthomas4663 Is that a no?

[@williamjohnson2598]

Would like to suggest that streaming customers contact their services giving them a month to deal fairly with these unions or cancel the service and redirect that money to the unions emergency relief funds until a new and fair contract is negotiated.

[@SquirelGirlrocks]

LESSON LEARNED:DONT BE AN ACTOR OR ACTRESS, there's too many!

[@blinkyjedi7771]

Get a real job. All unions are insolvent

[@jaredthomas4663]

Need you be reminded that the last Writers Strike was a success. History's gonna repeat itself, and you can't do anything about it.

[@josephwinder6878]

Boo hoo

[@aitoralvarez]

Movies & TV Shows are deferred + there's too much offer. Strike numbers tell the Studios are making profits and reducing the bill. They are happy. This strike will need 9 to 12 months to be really effective. That will be the moment of strength, not now. This impulsive people only reveal actors are desperate, and that they can't wait that much. The studios can see this, and bet the strike can be counterproductive to actors. SAG-AFTRA must have cold and long term strategies if wants to be successful. Or ask people for money to eat, pay rent, etc... for at least 1 year of resistance. Studio numbers will be the reddest red at that time and will ensure some success. Right now SAG-AFTRA may be doing stupid, and as a result can disappear. If they want to play chess, they need to make it better.

[@normlor]

CAN ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON AND HAS AN IDEA OF HOW, WILL SET UP A GO FUND ME PAGE FOR US LITTLE PEOPLE TO DO OUR BEST TO HELP THESE AMAZING PEOPLE WHO GIVE US 100% PLEASURE 24/7!!!WE C AN'T GIVE MUCH BUT COLLECTIVELY???!!!

[@johnmoore6853]

No

[@doesitmatter4466]

😭😢. Oh well. Life is life. It sure us unfair sometimes. Go get some tissues

[@jaredthomas4663]

Sounds like you do care, buddy

[@NicholleChristineEdwards]

Open Healthy Eateries, Vintage clothing, Repurposed furniture & go into our Education system and teach children in our schools.