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Will It Matter?

Apparently, hell HAS frozen over, pigs DO fly, and SAG will merge with AFTRA. They even announced it on TV, so it must be true! Do you know what a Venn Diagram is?  Two separate populations overlap...

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Optimal Timing

Not to beat a dead horse, but this SAG/AFTRA merger keeps banging around in my head, and it seems to me there might be some advantageous moves here if this is something you’re considering. At the end...

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The Unified Union

Did I mention I recently joined AFTRA? No? Well, I did. I feel crappy about it…but that’s because my father is turning over in his grave.  I just know it. He taught me that unions were bad business.  I...

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Answers

Puzzled by the upcoming proposed merger of SAG and AFTRA? Me too. And as a newly-minted AFTRA member, I haven’t even nearly figure out the way things are, much less the way things might be. I’ll give...

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SAG/AFTRA SAY YES”

…and they did it with an overwhelming majority.  Henceforth it’s SAG-AFTRA. Still lots of work to be done, and lots of questions to be answered, but it’s been a long time in coming, and I can’t help...

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Next WoVOChat: Unions

SAG-AFTRA: a quaint anachronism from a bygone era?…or a necessary cog in the future of digital media?  An essential tool for actors of every color, stripe, and location?…or just LA and NYC-centric? I...

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#WoVOChat Today: Unions

A conversation about the union often rises to the level of rancor usually reserved for Mac v. PC discussions. For today’s WoVOChat, we’re not going to go there…but it makes you wonder.  Why shouldn’t...

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Results of Union #WoVOChat

We expected nothing less than a spirited discussion for the WoVOChat Wed., 6-3-15.  The topic was unions (mostly SAG-AFTRA).  Some people (especially those with a few years under their belt) feel...

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Washington Politics has NOTHING on These Guys!

Is it any wonder Donald Trump is high in the polls?  No…forget party affiliations for a moment.  Let’s just look at politicians as a whole for a minute.  Even in an election season, their...

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Would You Support This Strike?

SAG-AFTRA is standing up for voice-actors.  At least those who create popular vocal characters for video games….in Hollywood…who make a lot of money…and have celebrity.  The rest of us?  Meh. The pot...

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July 2016 Rates Roundtable: SAG-AFTRA

One year ago this month, WoVO began sponsoring a series of “R.A.D.A.R. Rates Roundtables”.  RADAR stands for Rates And Digital Ad Reform…a fancy acryonym warning us to be aware of compsation...

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Reflections on the SAG-AFTRA Strike

How fitting that in the final throes of the most contentious presidential campaign season in recent memory, SAG-AFTRA would choose to engage in that most divisive of ploys: A STRIKE (or that the video...

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The Unified Union

Did I mention I recently joined AFTRA? No? Well, I did. I feel crappy about it…but that’s because my father is turning over in his grave.  I just know it. He taught me that unions were bad business.  I...

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Answers

Puzzled by the upcoming proposed merger of SAG and AFTRA? Me too. And as a newly-minted AFTRA member, I haven’t even nearly figure out the way things are, much less the way things might be. I’ll give...

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SAG/AFTRA SAY YES”

…and they did it with an overwhelming majority.  Henceforth it’s SAG-AFTRA. Still lots of work to be done, and lots of questions to be answered, but it’s been a long time in coming, and I can’t help...

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Reflections on the SAG-AFTRA Strike

How fitting that in the final throes of the most contentious presidential campaign season in recent memory, SAG-AFTRA would choose to engage in that most divisive of ploys: A STRIKE (or that the video...

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Turning Point

Being on the farm in Illinois last week — in the cool crisp Autumn air — and away from the internet as much as I could be, gave me clarity. Thanks for being patient with my agrarian pictures, instead...

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Answers

Puzzled by the upcoming proposed merger of SAG and AFTRA? Me too. And as a newly-minted AFTRA member, I haven’t even nearly figure out the way things are, much less the way things might be. I’ll give...

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SAG/AFTRA SAY YES”

…and they did it with an overwhelming majority.  Henceforth it’s SAG-AFTRA. Still lots of work to be done, and lots of questions to be answered, but it’s been a long time in coming, and I can’t help...

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Next WoVOChat: Unions

SAG-AFTRA: a quaint anachronism from a bygone era?…or a necessary cog in the future of digital media?  An essential tool for actors of every color, stripe, and location?…or just LA and NYC-centric? I...

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