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Just a heads up, if you have a following on social media and are thinking about posting about that pink movie or others, SAG-AFTRA states: "Influencers should refrain from posting on social media about any struck work regardless of whether they are posting organically or in a paid capacity." You may not consider yourself an influencer, but maybe consider the spirit of their request. 18 comments
 @rose Note that these are guidelines to union influencers or those that may wish to join the union in the future. I do not think this is a request to people with a social following in general. But anyone can read over the FAQ and decide for themselves. @hybridhavoc that's all I was saying. I might not be an influencer or likely to join SAGAFTRA, but I am a union member and have a small following on here. So, I felt it reasonable to honor that request, and thought others might want to as well.  @rose I’m confused about the meaning of “struck work” (and my websearching isn’t helping?). I thought it meant “job functions whose performers are in strike,” but this toot sounds like you’re saying that-movie is “struck work”? @gemini6ice actors continue to work after a movie is done to promote the movie. They are also striking from that work. @rose ahhh thank you. I thought you were saying the movie was black listed by the strikers somehow and we shouldn’t see it or talk about, but you’re just talking about the promoting stuff for strikers @gemini6ice @rose new releases from entities that are being picketed count as struck work, even if the releases were made prior to the strike.   @rose for those of us who aren't as familiar with the terminology, is paying to view a "struck work" considered crossing a picket line? Or is the limitation on supporting it via buzz/influence/etc.? @rose As a rule I would not want to post anyone that would induce someone to go to the theater, buy a DVD, use a subscription movie service, or wach a monetized youtube video of content covered by the strike and de facto boycott. A "this movie sucks, wish I hadn't wasted my money" review is another matter of course @SamUpstate @rose A union can face legal hassles with a boycott call, but we who are not members of the union are immune. Do not do anything that sends money to the film bosses. If you want to watch a movie, torrent it instead so they get nothing. @LukefromDC @rose well, I haven't actually seen a movie in theaters in more than a decade, so that's not a big ask for me. But I also won't illegally torrent a movie. That won't help the situation. I'd rather send the $20 I would have spent at the cinema to the WGA and read a book for a few hours instead. Or spend a few hours talking about the value of unions. |
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@rose For more information please have a look from people who actually work in the industry.
https://youtu.be/0rSHAhXJ0ZQ